From: Paolo Basenghi (paolo.basenghi_at_fcr.re.it)
Date: Wed Mar 15 2006 - 14:57:16 CET
Message-ID: <44181D3C.1000503@fcr.re.it> Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 14:57:16 +0100 From: Paolo Basenghi <paolo.basenghi@fcr.re.it> Subject: Re: [suse-sles-e] SLES License
Rainer Duffner wrote:
> Michael T. Halligan wrote:
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>> Lars,
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>> Legally, Novell is not allowed to withhold access to the source
>> modifications that it makes to other people's
>> GPL'd software.
>>
>
>
> Probably, yes.
> But IIRC they don't have to be generally available.
> GPL only says the changes need to be available to those who got the
> binaries.
> If you've got an active maintenance contract, you can go to the
> patch-download site and download the src.rpms.
True, but it is also true that once people download any package from a
single Novell account, Novell cannot control nor limit the distribution
because Novell does not own the license.
Novell make money with open source software, but cannot limit in any way
open source software redistribution by Novell's clients.
Regards
Paolo
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