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From: Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam (Larry Kilgallen)
Subject: GPL distribution rules (was: "proprietary")
Date: 2000/06/06
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In article <8hhhej$mp2$1@pyrite.mv.net>, "Jeff Creem" <jcreem@atetola.mv.com> writes:

> 3. You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it,
> under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of
> Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the
> following:
> 
> a) Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable
> source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections 1
> and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange;

I don't see any requirement around compilers.  Doesn't that leave
the "loophole" (from the FSF viewpoint) that someone could modify
some (non-compiler) software obtained under this license to use
special language features not generally supported in the source
language and release the modified source but not a suitable
compiler ?