From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tim Bird Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/1] Embedded Maintainer(s), linux-embedded@vger list Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:53:21 -0700 Message-ID: <48519AD1.7020503@am.sony.com> References: <1209577322.25560.402.camel@pmac.infradead.org> <200806102235.09598.rob@landley.net> <484F66F8.4020409@snapgear.com> <200806111941.51221.rob@landley.net> <20080612182529.GB7423@nibiru.local> <485190E8.80705@cisco.com> <48519837.1090902@katalix.com> <8bd0f97a0806121446i68af3b96sbe51cc510f7d4fb6@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <8bd0f97a0806121446i68af3b96sbe51cc510f7d4fb6@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-embedded-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Mike Frysinger Cc: James Chapman , David VomLehn , weigelt@metux.de, Linux Embedded Maillist Mike Frysinger wrote: >> Er, is that GPL or LGPL code that you're modifying? If so, you *have* to >> push those code changes out (make them available to others), whether you >> think people will be interested or not! > > umm, not really. only if (1) he gives a binary to someone and (2) > they ask him for the source. if he doesnt distribute or no one asks, > he doesnt have to do squat. This is closer to correct, but missing some important details. Start the GPL compliance tutorial/flameware in 3, 2, 1... Luckily this in only on the linux-embedded list. If it were on LKML the fun would really begin. :-) -- Tim ============================= Tim Bird Architecture Group Chair, CE Linux Forum Senior Staff Engineer, Sony Corporation of America =============================