From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Doerfler Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:05:16 +0200 Subject: [U-Boot] U-book and GPLv3? (fwd) In-Reply-To: References: <20090618145128.69F27832E416@gemini.denx.de> <20090623192634.GB23560@b07421-ec1.am.freescale.net> <200906231541.54291.vapier@gentoo.org> <20090623211459.GL23512@game.jcrosoft.org> <20090625212430.GC23174@game.jcrosoft.org> <20090626072224.GC16148@game.jcrosoft.org> <4A45DFDB.4020507@embedded-brains.de> Message-ID: <4A4867AC.9070809@embedded-brains.de> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de Richard, Richard Stallman wrote: > Wouldn't it make sense to add a paragraph to the GPL, stating that a > company using GPL software in their system must also provide all that > documentation to their customers? Only then the SW modification can be > properly done? > > It is not possible for a software license to require this in general. > It may be possible to require this in the case where the software is > delivered with a product. For GPLv4, we could think about whether > this is a good idea. But we are not yet working on a GPLv4. Obviously I should have set the tag explicitly. Please don't do that. And if you do, please don't point to me as the originator of that idea. Because I think my "idea" is bad. wkr, Thomas. -- -------------------------------------------- Embedded Brains GmbH Thomas Doerfler Obere Lagerstrasse 30 D-82178 Puchheim Germany email: Thomas.Doerfler at embedded-brains.de Phone: +49-89-18908079-2 Fax: +49-89-18908079-9