On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 20:10 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > 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. > I think his point is that you _can_ modify the original & use your changed code without making the changes available to others _unless_ you distribute the changed code (then binaries and source must both be available). Also, as he said, the changes only have to be freely distributed to those who have received the binaries, not to the entire world. This may seem a fine point but makes it possible to use the modified code within an enterprise without giving it to the world. In practicality, distributing modified GPL software means the modified code must carry the GPL license as well, but his fine point is well taken and must be considered. > >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. >
