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Bradley Kuhn (bkuhn) - 10 years ago 2014-03-21 16:54:55
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 The various versions of the GPL are copyright licenses that grant
 permission to make certain uses of software that are otherwise restricted
 by copyright law.  This permission is conditioned upon compliance with the
 GPL's requirements.\footnote{For a full discussion of this concept, please see
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 \href{http://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2008/foss-primer.html\#x1-40002}{the
   chapter entitled ``Common Copyright Questions''} in SFLC's publication,
 \href{http://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2008/foss-primer.pdf}{\textit{A
     Legal Issues Primer for Open Source and Free Software Projects}}.
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 GPL's requirements.
 This section walks through the requirements (of both GPLv2 and GPLv3) that
 apply when you distribute GPL'd programs in binary (i.e., executable or
 object code) form, which is typical for embedded applications.  Because a
 binary application derives from a program's original sources, you need
 permission from the copyright holder to distribute it.  \S~3 of GPLv2 and
 \S~6 of GPLv3 contain the permissions and conditions related to binary

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