djbsteart1
March 28th, 2008, 04:50 PM
After reading this thread (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=736828) and various bets of the GPL license, aswell as hearing/reading that Microsoft has compied some of Mints network code I am in confusion.
As anything that is uner GPL must stay under GPL how have Microsoft and SkyOS managed to use this code.
From reading the GPL, it seems that if some GPL'ed software is copied and modified for some other distro or what ever, then this derivitive must be under GPL. The reason for this is obvious, it keeps everything open source. This is why the BSD's cannot use many of the Linux apps as they have a different license.
So as SkyOS and Windows are not under GPL then hve they managed to use this code? For SkyOS I can understand why he has needed to use the code, but with Windows, I guess its what you expect, something is better then their own, so lets use that instead.
This is all based on the fact that SkyOS and Microsoft did infact use the code, but either way, the fact that it is in this community should be enough for debate and learning more about GPL.
Enlighten us..........
As anything that is uner GPL must stay under GPL how have Microsoft and SkyOS managed to use this code.
From reading the GPL, it seems that if some GPL'ed software is copied and modified for some other distro or what ever, then this derivitive must be under GPL. The reason for this is obvious, it keeps everything open source. This is why the BSD's cannot use many of the Linux apps as they have a different license.
So as SkyOS and Windows are not under GPL then hve they managed to use this code? For SkyOS I can understand why he has needed to use the code, but with Windows, I guess its what you expect, something is better then their own, so lets use that instead.
This is all based on the fact that SkyOS and Microsoft did infact use the code, but either way, the fact that it is in this community should be enough for debate and learning more about GPL.
Enlighten us..........