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It may be helpful to have a copy of each license open while reading this
section.
\section{Binary Distribution Permission}
\label{binary-distribution-permission}
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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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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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chapter entitled ``Common Copyright Questions''} in SFLC's publication
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the chapter entitled ``Common Copyright Questions'' in SFLC's publication,
\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
distributions of GPL'd programs.\footnote{These sections cannot be fully
understood in isolation; read the entire license thoroughly before
focusing on any particular provision. However, once you have read and
understood the entire license, look to these sections to guide
compliance for binary distributions.}