Re: GPL and NDAs

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From: Henning Makholm
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 00:00

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Scripsit "Jeffrey B. Siegal" <jbs@quiotix.com>

> It is triggered by the act of *copying* the executable.  It is not even
> necessary to consider the act of distribution.  The clause which
> give you any right to copy executables require that the copy be
> "accompanied" by either the freely distributable source code,

You seem to be implying that the `make install' target found in
many GPL'ed source packages is illegal because it makes a copy
of the binaries in /usr/local/bin without moving a copy of the
source code there too?

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