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Re: Binaries under GPL(2) (was: Re: Bug#221709: ITP: at76c503a-source -- at76c503a driver source)



On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Henning Makholm wrote:
> #1 explicitly applies only to "the Program's source code", but #2
> speaks generally about "the Program", source code or not.

Sure, but the only type of distribution allowed under #2 is
distribution under #1 (You may modify your copy or copies of the
Program [...] and copy and distribute such modifications or work under
the terms of Section 1 above) which is distribution of "the Program's
source code," with the additional permision of being able to
distribute modified versions of that source code. 

[We come right back to the question of whether or not the binary is
source. I claim it isn't in this case, and since what what would
normally be source under the GPL is extant, I'd imagine a court would
agree.] 


Don Armstrong

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