Re: Why is Fedora not a Free GNU/Linux distributions?

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Anders Karlsson wrote:
So works licenced under the GPL can not be used to create derivative
works if the resulting work is not also under the GPL, even if the GPL
licenced part was the substantially smaller contributor to the whole?

This is correct and by design. FSF explains the general idea behind this at

http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/

If you like even simpler terminology, Creative Commons has a explanation

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/GPL/2.0/

Creative Commons Attribute Share Alike is similar to GPL but for content

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/

Rahul

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