A new "use" clause in the OSD

John Cowan jcowan at reutershealth.com
Tue Aug 6 15:40:27 UTC 2002


Forrest J. Cavalier III scripsit:

> It's a start, I guess.  But does the GPL pass?  The GPL basically
> says "you shall not [modify] unless you also [distribute]".

Say what?  It says you can't distribute binaries unless you distribute source.
You are free to modify programs for your own use all you want.

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