Re: [Trisquel-users] Linux Mint liberated!

[masonhock]

I think that your confusion is with copyright and copyleft work and how  
licenses apply to software. You seem to be under the impression that the  
license applies to only binaries, but it applies to the source code. Having  
access to the source code does not allow you to use, modify, or distribute it  
under a different license. If that were that case the GPL would be useless,  
because someone could redistribute GPL-licensed software under a proprietary  
license. If you use, modify, or distribute proprietary software as if it were  
GPL-licensed, you will be breaking the law.

This might clarify some things: https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/