Re: question about RedHat/Fedora and the GPL

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On 6/6/05, Arjan van de Ven <arjanv@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-06-06 at 16:26 +1200, condition terminal wrote:
> > OK, firstly, I am sorry if I am miss understanding the text of the GPL.
> >
> > The part I am questioning is this:
> >
> > ---QUOTE---
> > complete source code means all the source code for all modules it
> > contains, plus any associated interface definition files, plus the
> > scripts used to control compilation and installation of the
> > executable.
> > --END--QUOTE---
> >
> > should this not mean that the likes of "beehive" be distributed?
> 
> > Am I barking up the wrong tree and completely missing the point?
> 
> yes. All the scripts needed to control the compilation and installation
> of the executable is in the src.rpm perfectly fine.

OK then.. so how are the files and scripts used to control the
building of the rpms outside the specs excluded from the conditions of
the GPL?

ta

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