From: Geoffrey S. Mendelson (gsm_at_nonexisting.hamakor.org.il)
Date: Sat 21 Jan 2006 - 22:10:56 IST
On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 09:24:36PM +0200, Shlomi Fish wrote:
> 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.
But where does it say it in the GPL? Saying one thing in the "philosophy"
section of a website, does not make it part of the license. I don't
doubt that's the intent, it's just not the license.
Geoff.
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