Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 22 Apr 1996 16:50:01 +0200 (MET DST) | From | Andreas Kostyrka <> | Subject | Re: New sound maintainer? |
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On Sun, 21 Apr 1996, Bryn Paul Arnold Jones wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Apr 1996, Alan Cox wrote: > > > > >Actually, I don't beleve it's against the GPL rules, you can > > > It is actually against the GPL rules, as it restricts what you can do > > > with the software, isn't it? > > > > Correct. > > > Hmm, I can get the source, I can compile binnaries, I can use it as > anything I like (tho a sound driver is the best option), I can freely > give anyone the source, but not anything derived from that source (a > binnary is a derived thing). The only thing it forbays is me > distributing a modified source tree, but I wonder how they feal about the > orignal source tree, and a patch (or set of them) .... But actually the GPL just allows you to distribute modified sources, to distribute derived stuff, ... and it FORBIDS to RESTRICT this rights!
Andreas
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