-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ok, thanks! :) On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:41:44 -0100 "Tom \"spot\" Callaway" <tcallawa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >On 02/11/2010 08:47 AM, Christopher Svanefalk wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> I would like to hack some (maybe all) of the system scripts in >> Fedora (such as Init), but the changes will primarily be for my >> personal use for now (you know, just making my system tick >> differently). Does the obligations of the GPL (or other >applicable >> license - but I am guessing all the code originating with Red >Hat >> is GPL and/or LGPL?) apply to me in this case? > >Christopher, > >The licensing terms of the code included in Fedora would apply to >you. > >However, it is noteworthy that the GPL does not require that you >make >your changes public, if you do not distribute your changes. > >Quoting from: >http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0- >faq.html#GPLRequireSourcePostedPublic > >Does the GPL require that source code of modified versions be >posted to >the public? > > The GPL does not require you to release your modified version. >You >are free to make modifications and use them privately, without >ever >releasing them. This applies to organizations (including >companies), >too; an organization can make a modified version and use it >internally >without ever releasing it outside the organization. > > But if you release the modified version to the public in some >way, >the GPL requires you to make the modified source code available to >the >program's users, under the GPL. > > Thus, the GPL gives permission to release the modified program >in >certain ways, and not in other ways; but the decision of whether >to >release it is up to you. > >Hope that helps, > >~spot -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Charset: UTF8 Note: This signature can be verified at https://www.hushtools.com/verify Version: Hush 3.0 wpwEAQMCAAYFAkt0WSAACgkQQJM2U8zwlkZq6gP9GS+66NgUjHdAeDgaS4PuPGADQ5t9 zEZrcjVIneDZ9xNO31Mqlr+64yc+kecY/d9EboI/XaPhiPcdE2AnxJSfY/eyxaYD3gEU 1OT6kLSRcomjvGRe2ujiBjTY28bCcNgQHRbxnowTmOWBgqWGDmXYaZaVUwi/QlR9Q3lk a9J31O0= =pQk3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ legal mailing list legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/legal
