[ILUG] RMS: KDE in violation of GPL

[Smelly Pooh]

In reply to Wesley Darlington's flatulent wordings, 
> 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.

I think they wait it works is if you make private modifications (say for home
use or internal use in a company) you are not obligated to release your
changes