Ubuntu-gr Forum

simosx έγραψε:Κάτι που είναι σημαντικό είναι να διαθέσουν τον πηγαίο κώδικα του πυρήνα Linux με τις αλλαγές τους, κάτι που απαιτεί η άδεια GPL.

έγραψε:As for those worried over GPL licensing, the US Department of Defense is well ahead of you. The DOD has already issued guidelines on the use of open source code in its systems, and says the matter is in hand.

"The US government can directly combine GPL and proprietary/classified software into a single program arbitrarily, as long as the result is never conveyed outside the U.S. government, but this approach should not be taken lightly," it states. "When taking this approach, contractors hired to modify the software must not retain copyright or other rights to the result (else the software would be conveyed outside the US government.) ®