fogelsharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I do have a basic question about the GPL: If I download a software
(source code, for example linux) licensed under GPL and I change some
code (for example because I dislike something) but do not plan to sell
or distribute it: I just want to use my changes
David Kastrup wrote:
fogelsharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I do have a basic question about the GPL: If I download a software
(source code, for example linux) licensed under GPL and I change some
code (for example because I dislike something) but do not plan to sell
or distribute it: I
fogelsharp wrote:
[...]
Google for GPL FAQ, I think this is covered.
Thank you very much! I'll read the FAQ!
Read also Michael K. Edwards' 50+ pages of utter devastation (legal) to
the GPL FAQ. Drop a note to M.K.Edwards at gmail.com at ask for a copy
of Will the Real GNU GPL Please Stand
fogelsharp writes:
If I download a software (source code, for example linux) licensed under
GPL and I change some code (for example because I dislike something) but
do not plan to sell or distribute it: I just want to use my changes on my
computer: Do I have to make my changes public anyway?
Alexander Terekhov wrote:
[...]
SmartDownload could be analogized to a free neighborhood newspaper,
readily obtained from a sidewalk box or supermarket counter without
any exchange with a seller or vender. It is there for the taking.
I hear that (plonked) GNUtian dak continues to exhibit
John Hasler wrote:
[...]
No. In fact, you don't have to make your changes public even if you do
sell it: you just have to provide the to your customers.
Are you GNUtian or not, Hasler? If yes, you should urgently take the
FSF's license-quiz http://www.gnu.org/cgi-bin/license-quiz.cgi (Q6).
David Kastrup writes:
And if you think you can circumvent the reprinting permission by taking
hold of a few cubic feet of actual copies, then cutting and pasting from
them by a mechanical process, I very much doubt that the nominal
possession of the physical copies will save you from having to
