Re: src.rpm/specfile, GPL requirement?

2005-05-16 Thread Kyle McDonald
Rex Dieter wrote: If the GPL doesn't cover this case, then I have to say that the GPL is weaker than I thought... and could be abused. Abuse is what the GPL is supposed to prevent, I aggree. The thing to remember here is that the original copyright holder is a special case. The wording we're d

Re: src.rpm/specfile, GPL requirement?

2005-05-16 Thread Rex Dieter
Kyle McDonald wrote: > A specfile is a convience. Not a requirement. Automating the RPM > building also is a convience and a bonus, Not a requirement. If one distributes GPL binary rpms, then the sources and scripts used to generate it should be provided too. I considered that a requirement of t