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On 29/04/2017 15:11, Alex Efros wrote: |
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> Sure, they can sell their patch to Linux kernel without opensourcing that |
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> patch. But at soon as their customers (say, some government org or large |
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> company) will APPLY that patch to Linux kernel and try to DISTRIBUTE that |
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> kernel on their computers - they will have to distribute patched source |
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> too (so it'll became available to users of these computers), and that |
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> patched source will have GPL2 license… so any of these users/employees may |
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> publish these sources, and org/company can't prohibit this without |
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> violating GPL2… correct? |
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See the discussion on https://lwn.net/Articles/720983/ . |
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Paweł |
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