Does author of GPL software need to provide alternatives?

Does author of GPL software need to provide alternatives?

Posted Nov 8, 2004 15:55 UTC (Mon) by justme (guest, #19967)
In reply to: Trademarks: A threat tofree software's freedom? (NewsForge) by Duncan
Parent article: Trademarks: A threat to free software's freedom? (NewsForge)

AFAIK, Firefox is not GPL'd. But your example brings up a question: if an author of GPL'd software claims that certain parts of the source distribution (e.g. the icons) cannot be freely modified, then does the author need to provide alternate icons in order for there to be a source set that is completely buildable, modifiable, and redistributable?

Or is it assumed that anyone who wishes to modify the name and icons would modify them all together? That seems like a stretch.

---

(Log in to post comments)