25 Jul
2009
25 Jul
'09
9:20 p.m.
Hi,
On Sunday 26 July 2009 00:14:45 Sampo Savolainen wrote:
The idea behind GPL is that if someone else modifies
the code and
redistributes this work, he must provide the code (under the same
license) for anyone receiving the software. That is the point of the
license.
The main point I remembered from the last thread with "Impro-Visor" in the
title: It uses gpl software itself. Which means that it has to publish the
modifications of that part at least.
And as the software is GPL licensed, the source _has_ to be made available at
least on request by ways equally convinient as the binaries (afaik this ruling
in the gpl-text wants to prevent that requests for the source-code have to be
written on 200$ notes or that the >1million lines of code are sent via fax or
snail-mail).
If someone says software A is released as GPL and doesn't release the source
(upon request) its not GPL. If software A uses GPL software it has to be valid
GPL software itself.
(I probably get corrected by Paul Davis in the next answer...)
Have fun,
Arnold