[mythtv] Licensing issues

[Michael T. Dean]

Brian May wrote:

>>>>>>"Michael" == Michael T Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> writes:
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>    Michael> That part would be against the license agreement.  If
>    Michael> they distribute a product containing GPL'ed code, they
>    Michael> must make the code--and changes to the code--available
>    Michael> free of charge to anyone who purchased a "binary" version
>    Michael> of the software.
>
>Yes. However if you are the sole copyright holder; there is no legal
>requirement for you to adhere to your own license.
>
>However, this makes the GPL license useless, as nobody else can
>distribute the code without the source code. So why bother even using
>the GPL?
>  
>
But I can guarantee you that Yahoo! Broadband isn't the sole copyright 
holder of the Linux kernel, and I'll bet there's much more software on 
the system (the "various trappings and utilities/apps" mentioned by 
Johnathon) that includes other people's copyrighted code...

Mike