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<burlingk@×××××××××.mil> writes: |
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> The four freedoms: |
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> Freedom 0: The freedom to run a program for any purpose. |
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> Freedom 1: To study the way a program works, and adapt it to your needs. |
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> Freedom 2: To redistribute copies so that you can help your neighbors. |
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> Freedom 3: Improve the program, and release your improvements to |
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> the public, so that the whole community benefits. |
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> For freedom 1 and 3 to work, the code must be open. |
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> Freedom 1 is just as important as the other three. Freedom one is |
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> almost eliminated in GPLv3. Freedom One is the freedom that was |
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> most whole heartedly expressed in the original manifesto. |
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Just how does GPLv3 almost eliminate this? It still requires that if |
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anyone obtains a binary of the program then they must either be given or |
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be able to obtain the source. From this source they can study the |
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program and make any adaptations they require to make it fit their |
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needs. If they then distribute the adapted code, the adapted program |
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must be released under GPLv3 (or optionally a later version). So all |
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recipients of the adapted program must be able to obtain its source and |
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therefore, should they so desire, study the program and make further |
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adaptations themselves. AFAICS GPLv3 adds an additional freedom to such |
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recipients over that offered by GPLv2 in that if the program is received |
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with hardware and the hardware 'verifies' the code before running it |
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then the mechanism for allowing binaries built from any adaptations to |
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also verify must be supplied. So rather than almost eliminating Freedom |
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One, GPLv3 actually enhances it. |
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