RE: Lynx Launches Linux Initiative for the Embedded Market

[Motiwala, Yusuf Ibrahim (Yusuf)]

        >A common misconception.  

        >The GPL does not require someone to release their software without
any > fee. It requires that:
        >
        > a) Anyone to whom they give the object code also have a right to
obtain > source code

Thanks, but I think its almost same thing, once I buy the the software than
I 
am free to distribute it in whatever manner I like. This may be a constraint
for some companies.

        > b) They may not prohibit people from further modifying and
redistributing > the software.

        > You do not have to provide the source code for free--you can
charge a 
        > reasonable copying/distribution fee.

The term reasonable is very vague, may be something reasonable for me 
is not resonable for other. Its a way one manipulate it. 

But is it possible for some companies to offer the GPL protected code as 
it is and separate update/patch which does not fall under GPL. Since the 
supplied patch is not a part of kernel (at the time of distribution) but can
be 
considered as a separate copyrightable tool which can convert linux to 
RTOS. Is it possible?

Regards,
Yusuf




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