[mythtv-users] OT Apple vs GPL (Was: THIS IS A NON-COMMERCIAL MAILING LIST)

Thu Apr 19 12:06:50 UTC 2012

On 19 April 2012 21:11, Simon Hobson <linux at thehobsons.co.uk> wrote:

> Wrong, because the source code you would be offering is **NOT** the source
> code that can be used to build what is being distributed. This is one step
> past the TiVo problem.

With that definition, no program can ever be GPL.

No compilation will ever produce the exact same binary that can be
distributed...

timestamp added by a linker will always make two compilations different.