Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2859 mails)

[John Andersen <jsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Saturday 05 May 2007, Wolfgang Rosenauer wrote:
> John Andersen wrote:
> > On Saturday 05 May 2007, steve reilly wrote:
> >> as far as I know, SLED is not gpl, and proprietary to novell therefore
> >> the source isnt provided.  Dont quote me on this though.
> >
> > I don't think interpretation that would fly.
> >
> > Unless you are claiming they totally rewrote the linux kernel
> > from scratch, all of Gnome, etc.
> >
> > Its all GPL!
>
> Not all is GPL but much.

> But that's not the point. People often think that someone has to provide
> the sources in any case for GPL software. But only people having access
> to the binaries must get access to the sources also. So only if you are
> a SLED customer you can ask for the sources for the GPL'ed software on it.

That's my interpretation too, only if you distribute the product do you 
need to give source, so one could take the position that until one purchases
a copy no distribution takes place (evaluation software aside). Therefore 
there is no requirement to give source to anyone except paying customers.




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