Restriction on distribution by Novell?

[Russ Nelson]

For B to be distributable, it must be licensed under the GPL.  However
the PATCH ITSELF does not have to be licensed under the GPL.  It could
be a proprietary patch to an open source program.

Matthew Flaschen writes:
 > Assume source file A is under the GPL.  The patch describes the code 
 > that must be added or removed to go from source file A to source file B. 
 >   Thus, all the code in the patch is from A or B.  Since modified 
 > versions of GPL code must be licensed under the GPL, B is also under the 
 > GPL.  Thus, all the code in the patch is licensed under the GPL.
 > 
 > Matthew Flaschen
 > 
 > Russ Nelson wrote:
 > > Not likely.  Patches are more akin to commentary, which is not
 > > copyright infringement.