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> I thought plagiarism was an issue of false attribution? Yes, that's precisely what I've seen people get annoyed about when the issue of copyright violation c
by derleth 14y ago
> I thought plagiarism was an issue of false attribution?
Yes, that's precisely what I've seen people get annoyed about when the issue of copyright violation comes up.
> If my product gives attribution to the original authors, but I do not release my source code, then I am in violation of the GPL, but I am not a plagiarist.
I thought the GPL allowed binary-only distribution as long as there was a link or similar in the program to somewhere the source was available, but apparently not.
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#UnchangedJustBinary http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#UnchangedJustBinary
"The general rule is, if you distribute binaries, you must distribute the complete corresponding source code too. The exception for the case where you received a written offer for source code is quite limited."