From: Shlomi Fish (shlomif_at_nonexisting.hamakor.org.il)
Date: Sat 21 Jan 2006 - 21:24:36 IST
On Saturday 21 January 2006 20:54, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 03:45:25PM +0200, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
> > In the Linux case, if there's no official redhat RPM ready by the time
> > it's out (extremly rare situation), you can almost always find some
> > other distributor package, extract the SRPM, get the fixed patch,
> > change the SPEC file and rebuild it to your distribution, and I have
> > done this before (I suck at C/C++ programming, trust me on that!). It
> > wasn't that hard.
>
> Sometimes. BTW, are you going to post the source code on you web/FTP
> site. The GPL requires you to. Most people don't bother and no one
> has hasseled them, but there is no exclusion, if you make a source
> mod, you have to make the source code available.
>
I'm sorry, but Hetz is by no means required to release his source modification
public according to the GPL or any other free software licence. That's
because the free software definition
( http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html ) says that one has:
<<<
The freedom to study how the program works, and adapt it to your needs
(freedom 1)
>>>
So as long as you keep the modifications in-house and don't try to distribute
them to the public, you are not required to make them GPLed.
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
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