26-Nov-03 06:57 Henning Makholm wrote: > If you distribute whatever precise bits it was that the copyright > holder waved a copy of the GPL over, those bits must be assumed to be > "the Program",
Right, GPL 0 is clear about it: This License applies to any program or other work which contains a notice placed by the copyright holder saying it may be distributed under the terms of this General Public License. The "Program", below, refers to any such program or work > and as such GPL #2 gives you right to distribute a modified version > of the bits. Compilation is a kind of modification, right? So it doesn't matter was the Program in source form or not. > 3. Opaque bits GPL-licensed in this way are not GPL-compatible (!) - > if they are combined with object code produced from GPLed *source* > the resulting work is undistributable. If Section 2 permits distribution of some binaries then it also permits distribution of any GPL-licensed bits. Sasha
