[H-GEN] GPL or not??

[Jason Parker-Burlingham]

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David Jericho <david.jericho at bytecomm.com.au> writes:

> The basic gist of the GPL is:
> 1) You have have unrestricted (within the spirit that is) access and
> ability to change and release the source code, with or without your
> changes.

A quick niggle:  access to the source code is required only if someone
gives you a copy of the compiled program (and even then there are
exceptions, but not many).

See http://www.gnu.org/cgi-bin/license-quiz.cgi

jason
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