The GPL doesn't say you can't design anything.

The GPL doesn't say you can't design anything.

Posted Jan 20, 2006 3:28 UTC (Fri) by xoddam (subscriber, #2322)
In reply to: Misunderstanding of embedded system designers by im14u2c
Parent article: GPLv3: a first look

The GPL does say you can't sell a version of GPLd software that is not
modifiable by the end-user. Draft GPLv3 says that if you need to sign
the software to run it, you must also provide the necessary key to the
end user -- it is considered part of the source code, and properly so.

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