Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 07:21:30 +0530 From: "Joseph Koshy" <joseph.koshy@gmail.com> To: "Kristian Poul Herkild" <kristian@herkild.dk> Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Factual wrong information in "Explaining BSD" Message-ID: <84dead720610211851y8a0fdc5x779e01cb020f6ead@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <453A99F5.9060508@herkild.dk> References: <453A99F5.9060508@herkild.dk>
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On 10/22/06, Kristian Poul Herkild <kristian@herkild.dk> wrote: > At this url: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/explaining-bsd/comparing-bsd-and-linux.html > it is claimed (4.5) that the GPL does not allow binary-only > distribution. It is factually wrong. Section 4.5 has: "...any derivative work of a product released under the GPL must also be supplied with source code if requested." I couldn't find any text that stated that binary-only distributions are "disallowed" by the GPL. -- FreeBSD Volunteer, http://people.freebsd.org/~jkoshy
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