Re: Linux stifles innovation...

Steve VanDevender (stevev@efn.org)
Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:25:31 -0800


Andre Hedrick writes:
> Those are not threats they are terms to enforce the License you agreed
> upon the very act of editing the source code that you are using in the
> kernel.

Get it right, Andre. The mere act of editing a file that is part of a
GPL-licensed source distribution doesn't bind anyone to anything.
Anyone can download GPLed source and edit it all they want without
restriction, and they can also produce binaries for private use from
those edited sources without restriction. However, if they want to
distribute binaries derived from that source, edited or not, then the
GPL requires that they also distribute the source.
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