[MPlayer-dev-eng] PTS/DTS

[Alexander Strasser]

On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 03:40:08PM +0100, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
> 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.

Please read my other post, and I am still way too lazy to quote the exact
license text.

  Alex (beastd)