> On Mon, Jul 13, 1998 at 01:52:05PM +0200, Thomas Gschwind wrote:
>
> > By the way: Would it be legal to distribute a patch that changes my
> > Gimp installation so that it can be used in combination with QT? In
> > this case the user qould modify the GPL code himself...
>
> Due to the GPL the entity resulting from applying such a patch would
> again be covered by GPL, therefore the same problems will continue to
> exist.
Not really. The GPL explicitly allows to modify the application however
you want, as long you do not distribute it. Only when you distribute it,
the clauses about giving the same rights, etc. came into bearing.
Andreas
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