[CentOS] Red Hat CEO: Go Ahead, Copy Our Software

Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com
Fri Aug 16 19:08:25 UTC 2013


On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net> wrote:
>
>>> redistribution of SOURCE.    have you READ the GPL ?
>>
>> Please quote the section that you think exempts binaries
>
> *THE WHOLE GPL TALKS ABOUT SOURCE CODE DAMNED*
> *THE WHOLE GPL TALKS ABOUT SOURCE CODE DAMNED*
> *THE WHOLE GPL TALKS ABOUT SOURCE CODE DAMNED*

Sorry, but that quote does not appear in any copy of the GPL that I
can find.  And it's not true, either.  Everything it says is about
'works as a whole' and anything that can be considered a copy or
derivative work under copyright law.

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   Les Mikesell
     lesmikesell at gmail.com



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