Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Monta Vista software license terms | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | 10 Feb 2003 13:24:38 +0000 |
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On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 07:18, Oliver Xymoron wrote: > > 1. Can MontaVista add separate terms to their purchase agreement that > > forbid/discourage/impede publishing the source? > > Can they or do they? I know that people I've worked with have signed > broad NDAs on code they've gotten from MontaVista, though such > agreements almost certainly qualify as 'additional restrictions' > against the GPL.
The GPL doesn't permit such restrictions (its an additional restriction) but as I understand it the MontaVista packages include a lot more than just free software, so the GPL rights probably only apply to the GPL packages in their setup
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