[mythtv] Licensing issues

Brian May bam at snoopy.apana.org.au
Thu Nov 17 22:57:59 EST 2005


>>>>> "Michael" == Michael T Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> writes:

    Michael> That part would be against the license agreement.  If
    Michael> they distribute a product containing GPL'ed code, they
    Michael> must make the code--and changes to the code--available
    Michael> free of charge to anyone who purchased a "binary" version
    Michael> of the software.

Yes. However if you are the sole copyright holder; there is no legal
requirement for you to adhere to your own license.

However, this makes the GPL license useless, as nobody else can
distribute the code without the source code. So why bother even using
the GPL?
-- 
Brian May <bam at snoopy.apana.org.au>


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