Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: UnitedLinux violating GPL? | Date | Sat, 11 Jan 2003 17:34:16 +0100 | From | Horst von Brand <> |
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Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de> said: > On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 11:55:21AM +0100, Horst von Brand wrote: > > >... > > they aren't in violation. Sure, having a look at the non-official patches > > they apply would be nice, but not mandated by GPL. > > [ disclaimer: the UnitedLinux issue in the subject is already resolved ]
Right.
> This is wrong. Section 3 of the GPL says that you have to accompany the > binaries either with the complete source code (and this includes all > patches you have applied) or with a "written offer, valid for at least > three years, to give any third party for a charge no more than your cost > of physically performing source distribution, a complete > machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code".
Great! The "complete source code" for the kernel does include each and every single patch applied since linux-0.0.1? Guess I'll have to complain to a certain Torvalds then...
Don't be silly. "Complete source code" means the source needed to rebuild the binary, nothing more. If that is a mangled version derived from some other source, so be it. You are explicitly allowed to distribute changed versions, but only under GPL. [IANAL etc, so...] -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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