From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Sep 19 11:41:45 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net (mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.30.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 369961525F for ; Sun, 19 Sep 1999 11:41:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chris@holly.dyndns.org) Received: from holly.dyndns.org (adsl-216-62-157-60.dsl.hstntx.swbell.net) by mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.1999.05.24.18.28.p7) with ESMTP id <0FIB00GDZL9C1I@mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net> for hackers@FreeBSD.ORG; Sun, 19 Sep 1999 13:41:37 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from chris@localhost) by holly.dyndns.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id NAA36243; Sun, 19 Sep 1999 13:41:42 -0500 (CDT envelope-from chris) Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 13:41:42 -0500 From: Chris Costello Subject: Re: GNU GLOBAL In-reply-to: <199909191730.CAA01063@tamacom.com> To: Shigio Yamaguchi Cc: Wes Peters , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: chris@calldei.com Message-id: <19990919134142.M12328@holly.calldei.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Mutt/0.96.6i References: <199909191730.CAA01063@tamacom.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Sep 20, 1999, Shigio Yamaguchi wrote: > But GPLed command brings no problem, because the rest of the system just > "utilize" it, not "use it. GPL is not applied to "utilize". So the rest of > the system is safe from GPL. You cannot modify and incorporate a GPL command into a product which is sold in binary form only. You also cannot do such things with an embedded Unix system using said command. -- |Chris Costello |My mail reader can beat up your mail reader. `-------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message