On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 09:24:36PM +0200, Shlomi Fish wrote: > I'm sorry, but Hetz is by no means required to release his source > modification > public according to the GPL or any other free software licence. That's > because the free software definition > ( http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html ) says that one has: > > <<< > The freedom to study how the program works, and adapt it to your needs > (freedom 1) > >>> > > So as long as you keep the modifications in-house and don't try to distribute > them to the public, you are not required to make them GPLed.
But where does it say it in the GPL? Saying one thing in the "philosophy" section of a website, does not make it part of the license. I don't doubt that's the intent, it's just not the license. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 The trouble with being a futurist is that when people get around to believing you, it's too late. We lost. Google 2,000,000:Hams 0. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
