OMG Dalroth, I nearly wept when I read your post. THANK YOU so much for A) explaining the pertinant sections of the GPL in plain english, and B) sending that llama 'DaBomb' home crying with his cock in his mouth.

TF needs more like you.

SPawN of Digital Jedi


Dalroth wrote:
>> ROFL no it IS a big deal
>>
>>
>> QUAKE IS NOT LICENCED AS FREE SOFTWARE, THAT MEANS
>> EVERYTHING COMING FROM THE QUAKE SOURCE CODE MUST
>> COME WITH THE SOURCE CODE WHEN RELESED
>>
>> thats all I want, is the QuakeLives source code
>>
>> Thank you very much
>
>
> There is nothing in the GPL that stops Open Source
> software from linking to or working with closed
> source software. The GPL guarantees that
> "derivative" works remain open source.
{Snip}
> Thus, it is not the intent of this section to claim
> rights or contest your rights to work written
> entirely by you; rather, the intent is to exercise
> the right to control the distribution of derivative
> or collective works based on the Program.