[MPlayer-dev-eng] PTS/DTS

Diego Biurrun diego at biurrun.de
Wed Sep 8 16:28:20 CEST 2004


Alexander Strasser writes:
> 
>  Does the GPL require that source code of modified versions be posted to the
>  public?

The text below explains it.  If you release it to the public it has to
come with source.  That's it basically.

>     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.

Where does this text come from?

Diego




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