25-Nov-03 17:59 Don Armstrong wrote: > On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Alexander Cherepanov wrote: >> 24-Nov-03 22:02 Don Armstrong wrote: >>> in order to redistribute under the terms of the GPL, you need to be >>> able to provide source (the prefered form for modification.) >> >> Section 2 of the GPL doesn't require to provide source. It doesn't >> talk about source at all.
> Section 3 is the critical point here, as it covers distribution in > object or executable formats, which is what we would be distributing. You mean that section 3 should really be read as "If you ... you must ..." instead of "You may ... provided that ..." and must be complied with irrespective of section 2? >> Section 3 gives you rights in addition to section 2. Section 3 >> lets you distribute a particular kind of modification that is not >> allowed in Section 2 (a modification that incorporates things that >> can not be licensed under the GPL). > No, section 3 specifically refers to distributing object or executable > code, not "incorportating things that cannot be licensed under the > GPL." Section 3 contains "a special exception" which is a permission for "incorportating things that cannot be licensed under the GPL." Yes, it's only applicable to distributing object or executable code. Sasha
