Thomas Bushnell, BSG said: > "Joe Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Modifying in an interesting and useful way like running "strip" on the >> binary? >> I don't think the GPL can be subverted so easily: > > Say, to change a string constant, usually pretty easy. I wish I had > said that the first time around.
I don't think that changing a string constant would be sufficient to create a separate copyright, but even so... In order to distribute your derived work (modified.exe), you'd have to distribute the source (orig.exe) in its preferred form (by making your change, you have established that an ELF executable is the preferred form for your change). But you can't distribute orig.exe without fulfilling the terms of the GPL, since it's a derived (compiled) work of orig.c in non-preferred form. --Joe
