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Yes, it's true. There's a reason GPL is called copyleft. > Lest everyone using any flavour of Linux is liable to the same problem? The kernel is GPL. applicat
by hoten 2y ago
Yes, it's true. There's a reason GPL is called copyleft.
> Lest everyone using any flavour of Linux is liable to the same problem?
The kernel is GPL. applications running on it in usermode are not constrained by the license.
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html#PortProgramToGPL https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html#PortProgramToGP...
- bscphil 2y agoYou can have copyleft without virality; the Mozilla Public License 2.0 requires any modifications to a covered work to be released under the same license (copyleft), but does not extend this requirement to other code included in a combined work (virality). As I read the license, you could embed the Gecko browser engine in your proprietary e-reader software, and only your changes to the engine itself would have to be released as free software.