[MPlayer-dev-eng] PTS/DTS

[James Courtier-Dutton]

Alexander Strasser wrote:
> 
>  Hi Kenny and Karl,
>  I don't know what you are really talkin' about, though I find Kenny's posts
>  also terse and not really belonging to this list, at least not if they
>  don't become clearer and more complete.
> 
>  anyway:
> 
>  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.
> 
> Thanks to myself for caring about GPL...
> 
>   Alex (beastd)
> 

I think you are wrong in some of the things you say here. In future, 
only quote directly from the GPL, and not from peoples interpretations 
of it.

James