Re: Binaries under GPL(2)

[Alexander Cherepanov <cherepan@mccme.ru>]

30-Nov-03 17:12 Don Armstrong wrote:
> Eh, that should teach me to go by my memory of the license. I meant
> 2a. Because they are object files, it's pretty nigh impossible for
> them to bear prominent notices stating that the files have been
> changed and the date of any change.

That's a separate problem, not directly related to distribution of
non-source under Section 2. Treating GPL 2a literally, effectively
prohibits modification when binaries are really source. The same is
probably true for many graphics/music/fonts/... formats.

Sasha