[clue-tech] CentOS

[Ed Hill]

On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 11:24 -0700, mike havlicek wrote:
> > Hi Mike,
> > 
> > You've complete misunderstood a very important
> > point.  GPL *is* GPL.
> > Period.  No one (Red Hat included) can "un-GPL" the
> > kernel or any other
> > GPL'ed code by, for instance, linking in proprietary
> > stuff or adding
> > some additional terms to their distribution license.
> >  Go read the GPL:
> > 
> >   http://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html
> > 
> > and see for yourself.
> > 
> > Ed
> Surely, but it can be modified with propriatory
> changes as long as the original source is made
> available at least by url  if not by ftp by the
> provider??????
> 
> But the propriatory changes that make the company
> money are not required to be provided. It is only the
> universityware that has to be provided.


You're dead wrong.  What you suggest violates the terms of the GPL and
would be a completely valid basis for a likely-to-win lawsuit against
anyone attempting to do what you suggest.

Again, please go *read* the GPL before you type.

Ed

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