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Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:31:15 -0800 (PST)
From: Andre Hedrick <andre@linux-ide.org>
To: Steve VanDevender <stevev@efn.org>
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On Sun, 18 Feb 2001, Steve VanDevender wrote:

> Andre Hedrick writes:
>  > Those are not threats they are terms to enforce the License you agreed
>  > upon the very act of editing the source code that you are using in the
>  > kernel.
> 
> Get it right, Andre.  The mere act of editing a file that is part of a
> GPL-licensed source distribution doesn't bind anyone to anything.
> Anyone can download GPLed source and edit it all they want without
> restriction, and they can also produce binaries for private use from
> those edited sources without restriction.  However, if they want to
> distribute binaries derived from that source, edited or not, then the
> GPL requires that they also distribute the source.
> 

Steve,

You are correct in the expanded definition and stand corrected; however, I
assumed that we were already beyond the personal use issue.  Because we
were describing the situation of commerial issues.  If this is all about
personal use of the source and not redistribition for commerial purpose
then why has it even used this much time of mailing list?

Regards,

Andre Hedrick
Linux ATA Development

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