On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 12:43:42AM +0200, Martin Schr?der wrote: | 2008/4/26 Marco Peereboom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: | > Huh? The wishes are gpl; the patch is available so all gpl requirements | > have been met. Why in the world is this being debated? | > | > If your logic was true all linux distributions would be breaking the | > rules because everyone patches stuff. How did you even come up with | > this? | | Have you read section 2 of the GPL lately?
Just did, actually. | I agree that for "normal" patches (security fixes etc.) this is not an | issue - but only because nobody cares. These patches still create | modified versions, but it's a gray area. I'm not quite sure how you can defend this being a gray area. Changing the code, gives a modified version. Changing indentation may be a gray area, but actual code changes are not. Note that the modified version of the code is not distributed as such. The portstree contains a patch to change the original distributed sources, meeting condition a) of section 2 of the GPL. Condition b) also is met (which is quite obvious). In this specific case, nothing is changed about announcements for interactive use etc, so condition c) is also met. | I argue that the anti-DRM patch is not a "normal" patch as stated | above but goes further and as such creates a modified version were you | must follow secion 2. It is indeed modified, it offers (in this case) more functionality to the user. However, since the three requirements from section 2 are all met, I see no issue. | It boils down to: When is a modification large enough so that section | 2 applies? Simply be careful, assume that any modification is large enough for section 2 to apply. As long as you meet the three requirements, you're golden. If you disagree (which I fear), could you please state what part of section 2 you are actually referring to ? What is the problem according to you ? Cheers, Paul 'WEiRD' de Weerd -- >++++++++[<++++++++++>-]<+++++++.>+++[<------>-]<.>+++[<+ +++++++++++>-]<.>++[<------------>-]<+.--------------.[-] http://www.weirdnet.nl/