Re: [OT] open source distribution
From: Stefan Waidele jun. (Stefan_at_Waidele.net)
Date: 08/30/03
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Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 08:22:45 +0200 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 00:17:47 +0200,
> "Stefan Waidele jun." <Stefan@Waidele.net> wrote in message
> <3F4FD10B.6020309@Waidele.net>:
>
>>Arnt Karlsen wrote:
>>
>>>On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 12:09:10 -0500,
>>>Alex Malinovich <demonbane@the-love-shack.net> wrote in message
>>><1062176950.18712.2.camel@Thief>:
>>>
>>>>[...]
>>>>I have a few dozen small programs that I've tacked a GPL notice onto
>>>>just in case, yet that have never ventured off of my hard disk
>>>>because they are one half step above being absolutely broken, and
>>>>definitely not ready for prime-time. :)
>>>
>>>..boooo, your practice here is in violation with the GPL;
>>
>>No, it's not:
>>http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLRequireSourcePostedPublic
>>
>>This faq should pretty much answer the question brought up in this
>>thread.
>
> ..it _is_, it says: "But if you release the modified version to the
> public in some way, the GPL requires you to make the modified source
> code available to the program's users, under the GPL." ;-)
But he does not release it. He wrote the software, and he keeps it for
himself on his harddisk. (He does not even need to put a comment in like
/* This stuff is GLP'd */, since nobody gets the program)
<promise>This is my last post to the list on this topic,</promise>
Stefan
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