On Monday 31 January 2005 18:59, Anthony E. Greene wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >On 29-Jan-2005/00:44 -0500, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>The only thing thats really unusual about the GPL is that you ARE >> free to copy it and give it away as many times as you can find >> takers for, AND if you improve it AND deploy that improvement off >> the premises, then you are also bound to GIVE those improvements >> away to anyone who asks, for not more than a small fee to cover >> the cost of the media you put it on, and your time to record that >> media. > >[snip] > >Actually, you only have to make the code available to anyone to whom > you provided the binary. That may seem like a small point, but it > allows individuals and organizations to use GPL'd software as a > base for modified internal-use-only versions. > One would normally assume that off the premises means binary, or in whatever format is executed/interpreted/etc. >Tony >- -- >Anthony E. Greene > <mailto:Anthony%20E.%20Greene%20%3Ctony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx%3E> > AOL/Yahoo Messenger: TonyG05 HomePage: > <http://www.greene-family.org/tony/> OpenPGP Key: 0x6C94239D/7B3D > BD7D 7D91 1B44 BA26 C484 A42A 60DD 6C94 239D Linux. The choice of > a GNU generation <http://www.linux.org/> > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) >Comment: Anthony E. Greene <mailto:tony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > 0x6C94239D > >iD8DBQFB/sZ1pCpg3WyUI50RAop6AJ99qIk1qyRZndTj+n/k+2Q3yA7rVACgl7+L >xR0OmIHsZ0vO7mdZEGg6nf8= >=Q2ep >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.32% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
