Has anyone looked into the product by www.hype ric.com before?

[Gary Lawrence Murphy]

>>>>> "J" == Jason Martin <jhmartin at toger.us> writes:

    >> One is to delay the release of the modifications enough to get
    >> a first-mover advantage.  I haven't studied the GPL, but it
    >> sounds like the GPL doesn't specify how soon you have to
    >> release your changes.
    J> I am pretty sure it should be read as 'if the user gets the
    J> program, the source must be made available to them at the same
    J> time'.

The GPL is pretty explicit:

  When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not
  price.  Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that
  you have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and
  charge for this service if you wish), that you receive source code
  or can get it if you want it, that you can change the software or
  use pieces of it in new free programs; and that you know you can do
  these things.

If you _distribute_ your changed GPL, you must provide the source code
for the software you distribute (could be orig + patches) and not the
source code for some /other/ version of the software.

Otherwise, what's the point?

-- 
Gary Lawrence Murphy <garym at teledyn.com>
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