Hi!
12-Фев-2004 14:43 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steffen Kaiser) wrote
to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
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SK> "The source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for
SK> making modifications to it. For an executable work, complete source
SK> code means all the source code for all modules it contains, plus any
SK> associated interface definition files, plus the scripts used to
SK> control compilation and installation of the executable. However, as a
SK> special exception, the source code distributed need not include
SK> anything that is normally distributed (in either source or binary
SK> form) with the major components (compiler, kernel, and so on) of the
SK> operating system on which the executable runs, unless that component
SK> itself accompanies the executable."
1. Strictly speaking BC/OW/MSC are not "components" of MS-DOS/Windows. I
think, this is most weak point in using 3rd party compilers for GPLed
software (especially, if they are commercial and doesn't allow to
distribute sources for their RTL). On the other side, compiler itself may
be counted as "OS".
2. Again: exepackers are non-essential part of program, which adds stub for
_existing and working_ code, so they can't be counted as "modules, which
program contains". This is unlike compilers, from which program contains
(uses) RTL.
SK> along with the "virus effect" clause 2b):
SK> b) You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in
SK> whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any
SK> part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third
SK> parties under the terms of this License.
SK> OK - _I_ personally understand an EXEPACKER as a "kind of delivery",
Exepacker, as standalone application, doesn't "contain" packed program.
Stub (and archive file) doesn't "contain" program. I think, "contain" is a
bad term here: diskette contains all code, written here, but no one should
distribute diskette "in source form".
SK> like InstallShield, ZIP, and the like. Your point of "Stacker" and
SK> other on-the-fly (un-)compressing filesystems does not apply, because the
SK> user but *not* the distributor chooses to place the GPL'ed program onto
SK> it. The useage is _not_ restricted by GPL :-)
But later user passes Stacker volume (as file) with GPLed software
inside. Should it also pass Stacker sources?
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