[clug-talk] GPL question...

[bogi]

Hi Pete.
You need to release the source of your changes, maybe as a patch to the 
original package, or re-release the whole package with a patch-name 
signifying your changes under the gpl.
Cheers
Szemir
 
On December 13, 2004 09:32, Pete wrote:
> Hi all :
>
> I had a heavy discussion about the 'GPL' ...
> now English is not my first language neither is legalees...
> So I need some input from the CLUG'ers
>
> What it comes down to is this,
> or you allowed (or not?) to do the following:
> Take a GPL'ed product
> and slightly change it's user interface (removing logo's changing colors)
>
> The modified software will not be 'sold'.
> Services to install/configure the soft and hardware on which it runs
> will generate an income...
>
> I would like to have a straight "this is (not) legal" type of answer,
> but it aint gonna be that easy I guess...
>
> I think it is illegal.
> (+ Generating income from somebodyelse's work is not very nice...)
>
> Don't start a (flame) war about this.
>
> CU
>
> Pete
>
>
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