On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 8:10 AM, James B. Byrne byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca wrote:
the GPL doe snot talk about binaries at all
Exactly my point. Everything is about derived works. So binaries cannot be exempt from the requirement that the work as a whole can only be distributed under a license that permits free redistribution and that additional restrictions cannot be added. If you want to refute that, please quote the section stating what you think permits it.
Which, if true, is to say that one may not rebuild GPL source on systems whose architecture and/or cpu instruction set are propriety.
I don't see how you'd reach that conclusion. There are no restrictions on how you can use code covered by the GPL, only on how you can distribute it - that is, only the things copyright law would prohibit if you don't follow the license terms.