Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 30 Nov 2000 11:43:49 -0700 | From | "Jeff V. Merkey" <> | Subject | Re: Fasttrak100 questions... |
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On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 10:14:47AM -0500, Christopher Friesen wrote: > "Jeff V. Merkey" wrote: > > > > On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 09:08:30PM +0100, Henning P . Schmiedehausen wrote: > > > > I use heavily patched kernels with lots of inhouse-stuff on a regular > > > base for my inhouse use and there is _no_ way for you to even get a > > > glimpse at it. I don't give this to anyone, it's all just my personal > > > stuff. > > > > Depending on the terms of your use of the code, the Copyright holder > > can obtain an order compelling you to hand over the code from a > > State or US District Court Judge, if you are using it under the terms > > of the GPL and fail to provide the modifications upon request, and you > > are shown to be "converting" business opportunities to your own > > benefit with it, GPL or no. > > I think you should re-read the GPL. You only have to provide source to > people to whome you have distributed your new binaries, and you only > have to provide that source if you are asked for it. If you have some > code that you have written that is based on GPL'd code, and you are the > only person that ever runs the binaries, then there is no obligation for > you to make your code available to anybody.
Depends on what terms the code is provided under. Using GPL code in a for profit enterprise and distributing it to customers does require that the changes be provided upon request. I have read the GPL, and I've had a lot of lawyers around here read and analyze it too.
:-)
Jeff
> > Only once you distribute the software to others do you have to make the > code available, and even then you only have to make it available to > those who have the binaries. Of course, they can then turn around and > do whatever they feel like with it, but thats a different issue. > > > -- > Chris Friesen | MailStop: 043/33/F10 > Nortel Networks | work: (613) 765-0557 > 3500 Carling Avenue | fax: (613) 765-2986 > Nepean, ON K2H 8E9 Canada | email: cfriesen@nortelnetworks.com > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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