Erast Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > """The source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for > making modifications to it. For an executable work, complete source > code means all the source code for all modules it contains, plus any > associated interface definition files, plus the scripts used to control > compilation and installation of the executable. However, as a special > exception, the source code distributed need not include anything that is > normally distributed (in either source or binary form) with the major > components (compiler, kernel, and so on) of the operating system on > which the executable runs, unless that component itself accompanies the > executable."""
"Unless that component itself accompanies the executable". Or, in other words, the binary (say, bash) can't accompany, say, the C library. You can quibble over the meaning of the word "accompany", but so far we're lacking a statement from any of the copyright holders (such as Sun, the FSF or the thousands of other people who hold copyright over GPLed software) about what their interpretation is. -- Matthew Garrett | [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]