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Article #72371Re: Riddle me this then... (almost impossible to *avoid* breaking the GPL)
From: Michael I Bushnell
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1992 20:12
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1992 20:12
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In article <1020@lysator.liu.se> matoh@lysator.liu.se (Mats hrman) writes: Seems we have to wait for the *total, self-contained GNU system* until we can distribute GNU binaries. Anyone who wants to sue Next for the source code to their libc.a? After all, its header files probably are part of the source code of their gcc... That would be a nice court precedent to resolve that gray area of "how far can the GPL go" :-) This was actually thought of, and would have prevented the use of GNU software by people like Next. As a result, the GPL contains the following clause to allow what Next does: Source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for making modifications to it. For an executable file, complete source code means all the source code for all modules it contains; but, as a special exception, it need not include source code for modules which are standard libraries that accompany the operating system on which the executable file runs, or for standard header files or definitions files that accompany that operating system. -mib
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,22bac7c9dea38e22 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-02-10 12:20:47 PST Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!yale.edu!yale!mintaka.lcs.mit.edu!mintaka.lcs.mit.edu!mib From: mib@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Michael I Bushnell) Subject: Re: Riddle me this then... (almost impossible to *avoid* breaking the GPL) In-Reply-To: matoh@lysator.liu.se's message of 10 Feb 92 13:06:14 GMT Message-ID: <MIB.92Feb10151217@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu> Sender: news@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu Organization: Free Software Foundation, Cambridge, MA References: <1020@lysator.liu.se> Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1992 20:12:17 GMT Lines: 21