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Re: compatibility problems



On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 08:12:57AM +0900, David wrote:
 >
> >They're distributing to you the software in binary form in the media of the
> >modem's memory.  Whether or not they modified the GPL code (i.e. to
> >handle their own hardware) we don't know.
> 
> There would /have/ to be some modification, surely?

No.  Otherwise, since "the Debian Way" is to use pre-compiled packages
rather than to compile packages, there would be no reason (other than a
small minorities desire) for Debian to offer deb-src for every deb that
they don't modify from the origional.

Read the GPL.  Term 3.

Doug.


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