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Subject: Re: what DOES the GPL really say?
Date: 1997/06/27
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Wes Groleau <no.such.user@does.not.exist.com> writes:

> > However, his company refuses to distribute the sources for their
> > product.  So, since he can't distribute it appropriately, he says
> > he can't incorporate it.
> 
> Almost.  It's not so much trying to "hide" the source; it's more
> preserving the right to hide it in the future  :-)
> I suspect they'd even be willing to tell the customer (they get 
> a copy of the source) "The files ..., ..., and ... are covered
> by the GPL.  The file ... is used by permission of UCB under the
> terms in file ....  All others are copyright by us as stated in 
> file headers."  But GPL 2.b does not allow that, at least not if
> "contain" means what I think it means.

That's what the LGPL is for. 

-Andi