[ILUG] RMS: KDE in violation of GPL

[Wesley Darlington]

Hi,

On Wed, Sep 06, 2000 at 10:55:27AM +0100, kevin lyda wrote:
> well, while it's less serious, i see the same scenario between bsd and the
> gpl.  with a bsd license someone can take my code and make it so i can't
> read it.  i still get credit, but i can't see it.  with the gpl people
> can *choose* to take my code but they can't hide it.

Sure they can. Suppose somebody derives from your gpl-ed code. If you
can't find somebody who'll give you a binary of that derivation then
nobody, nowhere is under any obligation to give you the source.

That's how I understand it anyhow.

Wesley.