Re: iToaster in violation of GPL?

Jamie Lokier (lkd@tantalophile.demon.co.uk)
Mon, 28 Jun 1999 21:31:32 +0200


Mike A. Harris wrote:
> Any source code, regardless of it's original license, if brought
> into any GPL'd source code project, _becomes_ automatically
> itself GPL.

No it doesn't. A popular misconception.

Individual sections retain their original license, it is stated clearly
in section 2 of the GPL. They can be extracted under their original
licenses.

However if the non-GPL section is _modified_, the result may or may not
be under the GPL. That would depend on the license applied to the
modifications -- often this is not dealt with clearly.

-- Jamie

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