From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,43ae7f61992b3213 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,faf964ea4531e6af X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Robert Dewar Subject: Re: GPL and "free" software Date: 1999/04/29 Message-ID: <7g9rh5$h5a$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 472302585 References: <7fibd5$jc7$1@news2.tor.accglobal.net> <1rlV2.97$jw4.11389@burlma1-snr2> <7g5cb2$bjn$1@netnews.upenn.edu> <37264DE6.7AA43E60@noah.dhs.org> <7g5qgg$n7t@www.inetnow.net> <372753FF.11F381CF@noah.dhs.org> <7g7ul9$tib$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <3727B37D.A4A5192E@noah.dhs.org> X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x16.dejanews.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 205.232.38.14 Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion X-Article-Creation-Date: Thu Apr 29 14:49:11 1999 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,gnu.misc.discuss X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.04 [en] (OS/2; I) Date: 1999-04-29T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <3727B37D.A4A5192E@noah.dhs.org>, "Joshua E. Rodd" wrote: > Come to think of it, any patch probably *is* a derived > work as it takes input from the GPL'd code. Note that this is quite an important issue with respect to the distribution requirements of the GPL. Suppose two companies want to work together on a super secret GCC implementation for a super secret chip (I will leave the imaginative reader to fill in appropriate details). They cannot exchange derived versions of gcc, since these would have to be distributed under the GPL *without* any additional restrictions (like non-disclosure agreements). But if patches were not covered, they could distribute patches. It was specifically in this context that I discussed the issue with Richard Stallman, and his view is that this attempt to subvert the intention of the GPL is not in accordance with the license. -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own