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Rodney Peck II writes:
>> no, if you use the getopt package, you don't have to post your
>> sources.  if you change getopt and redistribute it, then you do.

Peter da Silva writes:
>Please re-read section 2b of the GPL.

Section 2 begins with:
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|  2. You may modify your copy or copies of the Program or any portion of
|it, and copy and distribute such modifications under the terms of Paragraph
|1 above, provided that you also do the following:
+-----

If you didn't modify getopt() then section 2 doesn't apply, right?

Section 2 is followed by:
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|Mere aggregation of another independent work with the Program (or its
|derivative) on a volume of a storage or distribution medium does not bring
|the other work under the scope of these terms.
+-----

So including gnu getopt() in the same shar file doesn't entangle
you either, right?

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