Karl Berry wrote: > Hello Martin, > > Especially, is it possible to bundle the mentioned tools in a > installation-Zip file or the like, without violating the GPL? > > As far as I know, you can use GNU sed in a non-free shell script, but if > you distribute the sed binary, you must also distribute the sed source > (under the GPL) that you yourself used to create the binary. > >[...]
Thanks. I actually never built it myself. Just downloaded the bins (Its GnuWin32 to be honest :) ... I've put a text file along with the bins with the gpl in it and a link to where to get the sources from. I'll guess I'll also put a zip with the sources there, just to be sure. > > This is just my opinion (although I am pretty sure), not an official > ruling :). If you want an official ruling, write [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Well ... at least to me it seems, regarding copyright and licensing, noone can never be sure ;) thanks again, best regards Martin _______________________________________________ help-gnu-utils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-utils
