From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Aug 30 07:26:29 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D72033A83DD for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2020 07:26:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from 4250.82.1d4c2000a8f6a81.e30510b13739b93d57572e8bd15e4699@email-od.com) Received: from s1-b0c6.socketlabs.email-od.com (s1-b0c6.socketlabs.email-od.com [142.0.176.198]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4BfPys1l9nz4qZY for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2020 07:26:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from 4250.82.1d4c2000a8f6a81.e30510b13739b93d57572e8bd15e4699@email-od.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=email-od.com;i=@email-od.com;s=dkim; c=relaxed/relaxed; q=dns/txt; t=1598772389; x=1601364389; h=content-transfer-encoding:content-type:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:message-id:subject:to:from:date:x-thread-info; bh=pA50abGglhqO0H0sJwK71nyXdpqOcDHKZ6wJIn4es5c=; b=VlGPks7KfGuEPDwTXdNeM6NWTLBNcfsyafbes7mO/EYjPbAG5pUkVCK6qsoeQtFFqEsKiyNM+V8oW8b5gZJeT94odJcm4+JYyM9YsNmH7ZJeSt6TQQb/ISZM0iJnf2Mw4n5W+nc3UpdU+GhVDaSOzxRm0ab9Xl/pn5vJk5YTC9c= X-Thread-Info: NDI1MC45Mi4xZDRjMjAwMGE4ZjZhODEuZnJlZWJzZC1xdWVzdGlvbnM9ZnJlZWJzZC5vcmc= Received: from r1.sg.in.socketlabs.com (r1.sg.in.socketlabs.com [142.0.179.11]) by mxsg2.email-od.com with ESMTP(version=Tls12 cipher=Aes256 bits=256); Sun, 30 Aug 2020 03:26:23 -0400 Received: from smtp.lan.sohara.org (EMTPY [185.202.17.215]) by r1.sg.in.socketlabs.com with ESMTP(version=Tls12 cipher=Aes256 bits=256); Sun, 30 Aug 2020 03:26:23 -0400 Received: from [192.168.63.1] (helo=steve.lan.sohara.org) by smtp.lan.sohara.org with smtp (Exim 4.94 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1kCHjJ-000Am8-NY for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 30 Aug 2020 08:26:21 +0100 Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2020 08:26:21 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: diff is a little diff -- erent Message-Id: <20200830082621.b38ce63f5c97b580f843503a@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: References: <20200826094948.333c67b0.freebsd@edvax.de> <20200829171622180444664@bob.proulx.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.32; amd64-portbld-freebsd12.0) X-Clacks-Overhead: "GNU Terry Pratchett" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4BfPys1l9nz4qZY X-Spamd-Bar: - Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=email-od.com header.s=dkim header.b=VlGPks7K; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of 4250.82.1d4c2000a8f6a81.e30510b13739b93d57572e8bd15e4699@email-od.com designates 142.0.176.198 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=4250.82.1d4c2000a8f6a81.e30510b13739b93d57572e8bd15e4699@email-od.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-1.79 / 15.00]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[email-od.com:s=dkim]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.03)[-1.027]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_VERYGOOD(0.00)[142.0.176.198:from]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[sohara.org]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[4]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:142.0.176.0/20]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[email-od.com:+]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.06)[-0.060]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[142.0.176.198:from]; FORGED_SENDER(0.30)[steve@sohara.org,4250.82.1d4c2000a8f6a81.e30510b13739b93d57572e8bd15e4699@email-od.com]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:7381, ipnet:142.0.176.0/22, country:US]; FROM_NEQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[steve@sohara.org,4250.82.1d4c2000a8f6a81.e30510b13739b93d57572e8bd15e4699@email-od.com]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2020 07:26:29 -0000 On Sun, 30 Aug 2020 09:57:48 +0300 Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: > There is NOT a rule in the GPL that a GPL based operating system is not > allowed to run a > closed source software as long as the closed source software does NOT use > a GPL licensed part . > > The main point is that requirement . Indeed the crux is modifying code released under GPL, if you do that then the modifications must be released under GPL even if the modifications are much larger than the original code. At least that's my understanding but when it matters always consult a specialist lawyer. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith