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Re: MMC DOS FAT16 filesystem source available --> GPL implications

2005-11-17 by seangra

AFAIK you're not correct there.  If I take GPL code I only need to 
make source code available if I have modified the GPL'd code itself.  
Even in that case I only have to make available the modified code, not 
my entire code base.  Locally we've been using GPL'd code for a while, 
we keep it in a seperate library and since we have modified it, the 
library source is available, but not the source to our entire 
application.

--- In lpc2000@yahoogroups.com, Charles Manning <manningc2@a...> wrote:
>
> 
> > I am myself thinking of using FAT32. I found this driver (GPL)
> > that already provides FAT32 read support:
> > http://www.robs-projects.com/filelib.html
> > I am investigating if it is possible to add write support to it.
> 
> I'd like to remind y'all of the implications of GPL.
> 
> In a small embedded environment (ie where you do not have OS-level 
> partitioning) If you use code under GPL, then you will need to make 
the rest 
> of your code freely available if you distribute any product that 
contains 
> this code.
>

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