RE: how to get uptodate vxworks gdb source code

Dave Korn
2006-03-02T15:41:31Z

On 02 March 2006 15:31, D.J. Barrow wrote:

> Hi Dave,
> From my understanding of GPL they have to make the sources freely
> available to everyone, the licence is supposed to be infectious

Your understanding is seriously wrong, and the bit about 'infectious' is a
bit of dark propaganda made up by opponents of the GPL. The GPL is as I
described it in my last post: *if* you distribute, in any fashion, a binary
version of a GPL'd program to someone, *then* you must also supply, or offer
to supply, to that same someone, the exact sources from which that binary was
built. You have no obligations to anyone you do not distribute binaries to.

> Gnu wouldn't neuter this licence.

They haven't done, you've misunderstood its intent. You now need to take
two steps:

#1. Take this discussion to one of the gpl discussion lists, as it no longer
has any relevance to GDB.
#2. Go read the GPL FAQ at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html, it
should clarify your understanding of the rights and obligations under the GPL.

cheers,
DaveK
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