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  1. Article: 12609 of comp.protocols.kermit.misc
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  3. From: Adam Dunkels <adam@dunkels.net>
  4. Subject: Re: Kermit for VxWorks
  5. Newsgroups: comp.os.vxworks,comp.arch.embedded,comp.protocols.kermit.misc
  6. Followup-To: comp.os.vxworks
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  13. X-C64: Yes, please!
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  15. Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 14:07:17 GMT
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  22.  
  23. fred smith wrote:
  24.  
  25. > : But gkermit is released under the GPL, which means that you cannot
  26. > : distribute a product that includes gkermit unless you are willing to
  27. > : release and distibute all source code for your project, including the
  28. > : source code to VxWorks. I don't know much about VxWorks, but I assume
  29. > : that it is not free software licensed under the GPL.
  30. > 
  31. > Er, no, I don't think that's what the GPL says.
  32. > If you distribute a GPL'd work you must make its source available.
  33. > If you distribute a work DERIVED FROM a GPL'd work you must make its
  34. > source available.
  35. > It doesn't say anything about distributing source for everything else in
  36. > the package accompanying the GPL'd work. I don't think the discussion was
  37. > about adding gkermit to the VxWorks package (though I don't see anything
  38. > wrong with that either), but merely about trying to use a kermit protocol
  39. > engine to do file transfers to/from VxWorks.
  40.  
  41. >From the GPL FAQ <http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl-faq.html#LinkingWithGPL>:
  42.  
  43. You have a GPL'ed program that I'd like to link with my code to build a 
  44. proprietary program. Does the fact that I link with your program mean I 
  45. have to GPL my program?
  46.  Yes. 
  47.  
  48. /adam
  49. -- 
  50. Adam Dunkels <adam@dunkels.net> (spambait)
  51. http://dunkels.com/adam/
  52.