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Article #39Re: RedHat CEO says home users shouldn't use Linux
From: Jeffrey Silverman
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 19:19
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 19:19
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On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 17:39:15 +0000, Bill Unruh wrote:
> Why should they understand somthing that is totally wrong? Where in the
> GPL do you read that the GPL only applies to source code. Why would the
> GPL DEMAND that source code be included in any distribution of GPL code
> if it only applied to source code?
>
> Ie, I am afraid that you are simply wrong, and should go back and read
> the GPL.
No I am not wrong. I did go back and read the GPL. I read the GPL FAQ, as
well.
Your original statement said that the GPL says that anyone should be able
"to buy the Redhat disks and then load them onto their web server and
allow anyone else to download them for free." This is a misunderstanding
of the GPL.
The Red Hat disks are *binary program disks*. They are Red Hat's
property. All Red Hat has to do to comply with the GPL is to publish the
full source for those disks. They can do whatever they want with the
binaries, including limiting distribution of the binary disks.
Please, someone vindicate me on this!
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Jeffrey D. Silverman | jeffrey AT jhu DOT edu
Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD
Website | http://www.wse.jhu.edu/newtnotes/
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