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Re: [Fwd: Re: [SLE] SuSE 8.2 copies already on sale at EBay]
- From: rex <rex@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 14:08:57 -0700
- Message-id: <20030413210857.GD1483@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Nicholas Parsons <napt256@xxxxxxxxxx> [2003-04-13 14:00]:
>
> >You also seem to think that since YaST is on the same CDs as >software
> >that is GPL, then YaST must also be GPL - not so in the slightest,
>
> Also true. But how was YaST created? Was GCC used? Or did
> SuSE create their own compiler/interpreter for this?
It doesn't matter. The output (in this case the YaST binary) of GPL programs
is NOT required to be GPL unless the output contains part of the GPL
program.
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl-faq.html#WhatCaseIsOutputGPL
-rex
Why did the mathematician name his dog Cauchy?
Because he left residue at every pole.
>
> >You also seem to think that since YaST is on the same CDs as >software
> >that is GPL, then YaST must also be GPL - not so in the slightest,
>
> Also true. But how was YaST created? Was GCC used? Or did
> SuSE create their own compiler/interpreter for this?
It doesn't matter. The output (in this case the YaST binary) of GPL programs
is NOT required to be GPL unless the output contains part of the GPL
program.
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl-faq.html#WhatCaseIsOutputGPL
-rex
Why did the mathematician name his dog Cauchy?
Because he left residue at every pole.
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