Re: The legality of cdrecord
Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org> wrote:
> Joerg.Schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de (Joerg Schilling) writes:
>
> > The GPL requires to publish "all" from "the work" to be published under the
> > GPL but not more.
> >
> > - The build scripts in many cases are not part of "the work".
> > This is true for all software that e.g. uses autoconf.
> > This is true for all software that usees other independent
> > build software.
> > This is true in the cdrtools case.
> >
> > Your misunderstanding is that you did not grok the fact that the GPL
> > distinguishes between "the work" and "the whole source".
> >
> > - "the work" needs to be under GPL
> >
> > - The GPL does not require _anyting_ for the other parts that are
> > needed to create "the whole source" except that it needs to be
> > published.
>
> I believe the above interpretation is mistaken. See the recent
> <http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/quick-guide-gplv3.html>. It
> says, regarding both GPL version 2 and version 3:
>
> Both versions of the GPL require you to provide all the source
> necessary to build the software, including supporting libraries,
> compilation scripts, and so on.
Thank you for proving that I am 100% correct!
The GPL does require you to provide everything that is needed but it does
_not_ require to put more than "the work" under GPL.
Jörg
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