From fca59bea770346cf1c1f9b0e00cb48a61b44a8f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Harald Welte Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2015 21:00:20 +0100 Subject: import of old now defunct presentation slides svn repo --- 2007/gpl-compliance-tw2007/gpl-compliance/mgp00013.txt | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) create mode 100644 2007/gpl-compliance-tw2007/gpl-compliance/mgp00013.txt (limited to '2007/gpl-compliance-tw2007/gpl-compliance/mgp00013.txt') diff --git a/2007/gpl-compliance-tw2007/gpl-compliance/mgp00013.txt b/2007/gpl-compliance-tw2007/gpl-compliance/mgp00013.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a21006e --- /dev/null +++ b/2007/gpl-compliance-tw2007/gpl-compliance/mgp00013.txt @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +How to (not) use GPL Software +GPL And Embedded Systems + +Historical background: +The GPL was written for userspace programs running on existing operating systems +Covering a whole OS (and even userspace programs) is not an ideal match, but if you read it carefully it still makes sense + +Toolchain: +"... the source code distributed need not include anything that is normally +distributed (in either source or binary form) with the major components +(compiler, kernel, and so on) of the operating system on which the executable +runs, unless that component itself accompanies the executable." +Practical case: +You've modified gcc for a specific embedded platform +Therefore, this gcc is not "normally distributed with the operating system" and you have to distribute it together with the source code +gcc itself is covered under GPL, so you need to provide binaries and source code(!) + + -- cgit v1.2.3