Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Thu, 24 Apr 2003 14:38:59 +0300 | | From | Shachar Shemesh <> | | Subject | Re: Flame Linus to a crisp! |
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Russell King wrote:
>You just arrange for the script to detect whether a private key is >present. If none exists, it asks the user whether they want to generate >a private key, and then calls gpg with the relevant options to do so. > >The private key isn't part of the script, nor is it a requirement to >be able to (successfully) run the script. > >Note that the GPL does not say whether the output from the installation >script has to be usable with the target hardware. > > > >On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 10:57:21AM +0200, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > >For an executable work, complete source code means all the source code >for all modules it contains, plus any associated interface definition >files, plus the scripts used to control compilation and installation of >the executable. > > Wouldn't "control ... installation" include the keys too?
IANAL, but I am on the board of an NPO that advocates Free and Open Source Software, and that NPO has a lawyer (who is VERY familiar with the GPL). Would it make sense to ask him? After all, that merely means what one lawyer would say.
-- Shachar Shemesh Open Source integration consultant Home page & resume - http://www.shemesh.biz/
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