Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 4 Sep 2000 18:30:24 -0300 (BRST) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: [ANNOUNCE] Withdrawl of Open Source NDS Project/NTFS/M2FS forLinux |
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On Mon, 4 Sep 2000, Mike A. Harris wrote:
> I was under the understanding a "patch" to something GPL, means > the "patch" is also GPL. If the patch was not GPL, and it > patches GPL code, then it itself is in violation of the GPL. > The fact that the patch is a "derivative work" of the original > GPL code, means it is GPL wether stated or not.
IANAL, but I'm pretty sure this is the case.
Of course, this is /only/ the case for pieces of code which depend on the context of GPL code. Pieces of the code which can be used independantly (say, a separate .c file or a large function) can be dual licensed by the author...
regards,
Rik -- "What you're running that piece of shit Gnome?!?!" -- Miguel de Icaza, UKUUG 2000
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