From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pavel Machek Subject: Re: Binary-only firmware covered by the GPL? Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 22:53:39 +0200 Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20040402205339.GI195@elf.ucw.cz> References: <20040325225423.GT9248@cheney.cx> <20040326131629.GB26910@zombie.inka.de> <40643BFA.1000302@stesmi.com> <20040330113915.GB3084@openzaurus.ucw.cz> <874qs6nr25.fsf@mrvn.homelinux.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from gprs214-45.eurotel.cz ([160.218.214.45]:3712 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264186AbUDBVbi (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Apr 2004 16:31:38 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <874qs6nr25.fsf@mrvn.homelinux.org> List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Goswin von Brederlow Cc: Stefan Smietanowski , Eduard Bloch , David Schwartz , debian-devel@lists.debian.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Hi! > > If my code contains picture of human, do I have to provide his DNA, too? > > Pavel > > > > (runs away) > > If the picture was made with gimp and you keep an xcf of it around for > changing it (because it keeps the layers) but only ship a png (no more > layers) then your violating the GPL. xcf is easy, but what if it is really *photo*? Photos are almost impossible to modify, there's no prefered form. You can't modify a photo, you can only try to arrange similar photo, and you need same people to make "modified" photo. This is what I was trying to say. Pavel -- When do you have a heart between your knees? [Johanka's followup: and *two* hearts?]