Scripsit "Bernhard R. Link" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On 27 Jul 2000, Henning Makholm wrote:
> > Under the GPL, I must give the *rights* to everyone, because those who
> > recive the program from me can pass it on to anyone, and this anyone
> > also get full rights to my modifications. Essentially GPL says:
> > 1) you must give your source to those you give binaries, but
> > 2) you must give your rights to everyone.
> I understood, that you have only give rights to all these, that receive
> source or binaries directly or indirectly by you.
Yes, but that is the same thing, because in practice *anyone* can be
among those who get the souce *indirectly* from you.
> If I modify some program written by you. And give it only give it
> persons, from which I know, they will not distribute it further.
> (Wihtout me forcing them to or making a licence "you are only
> allowed to use, when ...". Would I have to give rights of the
> modified form to you?
Yes, if one of your friends later changes his mind and decides to
give me a copy. As you cannot be *sure* whether or not your (current)
friend will later change his mind, you had better be prepared to
allow me to copy and modify your program.
--
Henning Makholm "Det ville være så let at skabe et
paradis. En fredfyldt, harmonisk verden."
