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Hi |
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I am very new to both Linux and I notice with Red Hat Linux that any |
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applications developed using Red Hat Software and or Tools become freely |
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distributable (incl source code) under the Red Hat license. |
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However, when reading the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE for Linux from |
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Linux.org it appears that, based on the statements below; |
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If identifiable sections of that work are not derived from the Program, and |
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can be reasonably considered independent and separate works in themselves, |
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then this License, and its terms, do not apply to those sections when you |
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distribute them as separate works. But when you distribute the same sections |
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as part of a whole which is a work based on the Program, the distribution of |
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the whole must be on the terms of this License, whose permissions for other |
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licensees extend to the entire whole, and thus to each and every part |
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regardless of who wrote it. Thus, it is not the intent of this section to |
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claim rights or contest your rights to work written entirely by you; rather, |
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the intent is to exercise the right to control the distribution of |
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derivative or collective works based on the Program. |
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In addition, mere aggregation of another work not based on the Program with |
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the Program (or with a work based on the Program) on a volume of a storage |
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or distribution medium does not bring the other work under the scope of this |
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License. |
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That any additional programs can be produced and licensed separately and |
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from what I understand this applies to Wordperfect Office 2000, which has a |
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proprietory license and is not distributed with the source code. |
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Does this apply to the Gentoo Distributions of Linux? i.e. if I produced an |
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internet browser application and supplied it using your Linux distribution, |
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would I have to freely distribute the source code for this, or could it be |
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distributed just as a binary? |
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Do you plan to release an embedded version? |
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Regards |