Am Die, den 13.07.2004 schrieb Samuel Liddicott um 10:32:
The derived code *must* be GPL.
To be clear: ONLY if you distribute or publish the derivative work.
Yes, that is correct.
What does "to all 3rd parties" mean? It doesn't sound like it means "people you distributed the derivative work to" which is what I previously understood.
Here it means "all people you distribute the derivate work to". You are not forced to give a derivate work to anybody you don't want to.
This ressurects cases of embedded linux routers without source; who must supply the source to the end customer? The re-saler? The importer? The manufacturer? Or the developer of the embedded code who supplied it ONLY to the manufacturer?
Most logical would be "the one who commercially distributes the binaries". So actually this would be the reseller, but I am not 100% sure about that.
Thanks,