[Fedora-legal-list] Modding for personal use

[Christopher Svanefalk]

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Ok, thanks! :)


On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:41:44 -0100 "Tom \"spot\" Callaway"
<tcallawa at redhat.com> wrote:
>On 02/11/2010 08:47 AM, Christopher Svanefalk wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I would like to hack some (maybe all) of the system scripts in
>> Fedora (such as Init), but the changes will primarily be for my
>> personal use for now (you know, just making my system tick
>> differently). Does the obligations of the GPL (or other
>applicable
>> license - but I am guessing all the code originating with Red
>Hat
>> is GPL and/or LGPL?) apply to me in this case?
>
>Christopher,
>
>The licensing terms of the code included in Fedora would apply to
>you.
>
>However, it is noteworthy that the GPL does not require that you
>make
>your changes public, if you do not distribute your changes.
>
>Quoting from:
>http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0-
>faq.html#GPLRequireSourcePostedPublic
>
>Does the GPL require that source code of modified versions be
>posted to
>the public?
>
>    The GPL does not require you to release your modified version.
>You
>are free to make modifications and use them privately, without
>ever
>releasing them. This applies to organizations (including
>companies),
>too; an organization can make a modified version and use it
>internally
>without ever releasing it outside the organization.
>
>    But if you release the modified version to the public in some
>way,
>the GPL requires you to make the modified source code available to
>the
>program's users, under the GPL.
>
>    Thus, the GPL gives permission to release the modified program
>in
>certain ways, and not in other ways; but the decision of whether
>to
>release it is up to you.
>
>Hope that helps,
>
>~spot
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