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

Andrew Wyatt andrew at fuduntu.org
Fri Aug 16 19:13:45 UTC 2013


On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
> <snip>


Copyright law != Trademark law.



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