On Thu, 12 Feb 2004, Andrew Hunter wrote: > Perhaps those more familiar with the GPL can help me out. at what point > does code become GPL? For example, assuming that the leak of NT and > 2000 source code is not a hoax, and that the code was compiled using GPL > tools, would it become GPL itself? Or, if it were discovered that there > is some GPL in the code, does the whole thing become GPL? What's the > deal?
The GPL is a license, and as such only the owner of copyright can release code under a particular license. If you don't have copyright, you can't release code under the GPL. If it were discovered that there was some GPL code in Windows, then anybody who distributed Windows without distributing the source code would be infringing copyright (distributing the GPL code without permission). ~ross -- This sentence would be seven words long if it were six words shorter. _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies
