On Wed, May 12, 2004 at 09:57:28PM +0100, Henning Makholm wrote: > Of course, if I make a derivation that includes code for which I do > not have copyright, I will need the copyright holder's permission to > distribut the result under the GPL. > > However, that is completely different from the GPL not allowing me to > make the modifications in the first place.
That's not what I was addressing. I was addressing the assertion that the GPL allows any functional modifications -- that needn't be the case when the functions are proprietary. -- Raul
