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Article #42Re: RedHat CEO says home users shouldn't use Linux
From: Jeffrey Silverman
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 22:14
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 22:14
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On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 20:48:14 +0000, Kingbarry2000 wrote:
> Could you expand on this? Like, say, with some
>> explanation of *why* he's wrong?
>>
>> thanks
>>
>
>
> Binaries are "owned" by the producer and may not be copied, etc. without
> permission.
> If the consumer wants it, the source must be produced.
Thanks. That is the position I have been taking. In all this banter, I
actually did go and read both the GPL and the GPL FAQ
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html
They are neither truly difficult to read nor lengthy (compared to some
commercial licenses!) but neither explicitly says what you postulate: that
binaries created from GPL'ed source are owned by the creator of those
binaries.
Questions:
1) Where does it say such a thing?
2) Is a binary a "derivative work"? (If yes, then maybe binaries *are*
GPL'ed. I don't know).
More information from anyone who is following this thread and who actually
knows what they are talking about would be great! Eblen Moglan, where are
you?
Allright, later, all...
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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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