On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Alexander Cherepanov wrote: > 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? If you are distributing an executable or object code, that distribution is subject to Section 3. No other section of the GPL gives you rights to distribute executable or object code. > 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. I'm assuming you're talking about this exception: However, as a special exception, the source code distributed need not include anything that is normally distributed (in either source or binary form) with the major components (compiler, kernel, and so on) of the operating system on which the executable runs, unless that component itself accompanies the executable. This only applies to major OS components, and doesn't have anything to do with incorporating things that cannot be licensed under the GPL. It just means that those major components (and only those major components) don't have to be licensed under the GPL in order for the binary to be distributed. Don Armstrong -- Any excuse will serve a tyrant. -- Aesop http://www.donarmstrong.com http://www.anylevel.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu
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