Xref: utzoo gnu.misc.discuss:530 alt.religion.computers:1103 Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!schwartz From: schwartz@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu (Scott Schwartz) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,alt.religion.computers Subject: Re: Because you think I misrepresent RMS, it's OK to misrepresent me? Message-ID: <1989Dec15.034150.13574@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu> Date: 15 Dec 89 03:41:50 GMT References: <2558@flatline.UUCP> <4639@sugar.hackercorp.com> <4766@sugar.hackercorp.com> Organization: Penn State University Computer Science Lines: 29 Rodney Peck II writes: >> no, if you use the getopt package, you don't have to post your >> sources. if you change getopt and redistribute it, then you do. Peter da Silva writes: >Please re-read section 2b of the GPL. Section 2 begins with: +----- | 2. You may modify your copy or copies of the Program or any portion of |it, and copy and distribute such modifications under the terms of Paragraph |1 above, provided that you also do the following: +----- If you didn't modify getopt() then section 2 doesn't apply, right? Section 2 is followed by: +----- |Mere aggregation of another independent work with the Program (or its |derivative) on a volume of a storage or distribution medium does not bring |the other work under the scope of these terms. +----- So including gnu getopt() in the same shar file doesn't entangle you either, right? -- Scott Schwartz "More mips; cheaper mips; never too many." -- John Mashey