On Thu, 02 Feb 2006 03:00:51 +0100, Alfred M. Szmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This should be pretty easy to resolve. Show me the license > provision of the GPL that allows me to combine (and not distribute) > GPL code that is broken when I combine (but do not distribute) GPL > and non GPL code. I don't believe you can find a provision that > does this. You can only find provisions which disallow > distribution of funky combinations. > > See the GNU GPL, section 2. You are not required to distribute the > changes, you are required to follow the license. >
Section 2 tells me that I can modify and distribute as long as I meet all of the three provisions 2(a), (b) and (c). Those provisions are extremely easy to meet no matter what I combine GPL code with unless I intend to distribute. If I try to distribute, I have to distribute the combination under the GPL as required by part 2(b). If it is impossible to do so, then I cannot distribute. But if I want to combine on my own system without distribution, I must comply with part (a) which just requires annotating the modified source code modules. If my program does not read commands interactively, then I need to nothing to comply with part (c). Quite frankly, I would be surprised if any copyright holder cared the least whether I ever got around to annotating source code modules that I don't distribute or whether some program on my system failed to spit out a no-warranty notice. Isaac _______________________________________________ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
