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Posted by TBone on 10-Jul-2002 09:56 GMT | In reply to Comment 64 (Ole-Egil Hvitmyren): "Well, if these guys are right the world is up shit creek. Because then if I at some time consider compiling my project against a GPL library (NOT LGPL, as that is quite a different kettle of fish) and do a test version that some friend tests on his computer, I have to give out my complete source code even if I decide the GPL library is not worth it, because it doesn't work at all. "
These were the same rules that the developers of the code you recieved in the first place, played by. You must have intended at one point, obviously, to distribute source, having chosen GPL work to base yours on. (royal use of "you" being used)
You must give the recipient the same rights you have, those rights are not subject to your estimation of the usefullness or state of revision of the code in question.
You always have the option of not using the GPL code in the first place, but if you agree to the GPL's conditions, then you've weighed the pro's and con's beforehand, right? If abiding to the license isn't acceptable, you always have the option of not basing your work on said licenses software.
If someone "steals" the binary to your code, however, this is not distribution, the "thief" is the distributer, and you have no liability, as it is the "thief" who hasn't complied with the GPL, not you.
I'm not sure what the problem here is, if it's a pain in the ass to supply the source, you do realise that you have the option of charging for that task, no? It's also very trivial to just publish the source on usenet, or throw it on a free webpage.
I still think I'm missunderstanding the issue, was the binary distributed or not? If it wasn't, there's no problem anyway. |
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