> Just curious, e.g., dreamhost.com modifies Debian .debs to produce > their hosting environment, which we Dreamhost users then use on our > shell accounts there. > > If I can do > $ cat file > then I should always also be able to cat the source (.deb) to that > same cat, no? (I can at present.)
It's ambigous in the GPLv2. The GPLv3 makes it pretty clear that Dreamhost can take your rights on that software away (read: you aren't even allowed to copy the binaries[1]), and does not have to provide source code in this case. Only if they allow you to copy the binaries, they are forced to provide source code as well. [1] This doesn't have to be enforced by the file system. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
