Re: gpl license definition of distributing

From: Grant Edwards (grante_at_visi.com)
Date: 07/22/04 

Date: 22 Jul 2004 15:36:01 GMT

On 2004-07-22, Martin Hansen <mah@cccfsi.dk> wrote:

> Now "a medium customarily used for software interchange" could
> might as well be the eprom on my HW, as this the way i
> commonly ship my SW.

The GPL says:

  The source code for a work means the preferred form of the
  work for making modifications to it.

Unless you are going to claim that people prefer to edit source
code while it's in eprom on your HW, distributing the sources
in eprom on your HW does not meet the terms of the GPL. 

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