Wodim trouble

Seth Vidal skvidal at fedoraproject.org
Tue Nov 3 17:44:12 UTC 2009



On Tue, 3 Nov 2009, King InuYasha wrote:

> GPLv2: End of Section 3, middle of the paragraph right after clause 3c.GPLv3: Explicit separate definition in Section 1.
> 
> GPLv2 Quote:
> 
> "The source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for making modifications to it. For an executable work,
> complete source code means all the source code for all modules it contains, plus any associated interface definition
> files, plus the scripts used to control compilation and installation of the executable. However, as a special exception,
> the source code distributed need not include anything that is normally distributed (in either source or binary form) with
> the major components (compiler, kernel, and so on) of the operating system on which the executable runs, unless that
> component itself accompanies the executable."
> 
> GPLv3 Quote:
> 
> "The “System Libraries” of an executable work include anything, other than the work as a whole, that (a) is included in
> the normal form of packaging a Major Component, but which is not part of that Major Component, and (b) serves only to
> enable use of the work with that Major Component, or to implement a Standard Interface for which an implementation is
> available to the public in source code form. A “Major Component”, in this context, means a major essential component
> (kernel, window system, and so on) of the specific operating system (if any) on which the executable work runs, or a
> compiler used to produce the work, or an object code interpreter used to run it."
> 
> I hope this satisfies you.

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