Re:Chimera Linux: a Linux distribution based on FreeBSD user...
by lightdot on Saturday July 03, 2021 @01:04PM
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You don't actually need to give the changes back to the community, you only need to give the changed code to those you distribute the modified software to.
In other words:
- if you don't publish the modified software, you don't need to give the changed code to anyone
- if you distribute the modified software to a single entity, you only need to give the changed code to that single entity (and they absolutely do not need to publish it)
- etc.
I know people mostly view this through the eyes of large public projects, forks, etc., but there more to it then that.
Apple not wanting to include GPL software doesn't make a lot of sense to me, since they still release the source code of the low level components as the Darwin project. And still they include some GPL software.