Re: Do I have to release the patch for a GPL software under GPL?

[David Kastrup]

gordonb.olt45@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) writes:

> Sorry, FSF, there's nothing you can do about this.  I don't need a
> license from you to distribute the patch.  It's not derived [hint:
> this is a term defined specifically for copyright law] from your
> software, so I don't need your license.  The fact that the patch is
> useless without GPL software is irrelevant - that's not the way
> copyright law works.  Gas engines are useless without gas, but that
> doesn't mean I need a license from an oil company to sell engines.

Because oil is a substance, not a medium with copyable content.

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