Re: [U-Boot] U-book and GPLv3? (fwd)

Richard,

Richard Stallman wrote:

Wouldn't it make sense to add a paragraph to the GPL, stating that a
company using GPL software in their system must also provide all that
documentation to their customers? Only then the SW modification can be
properly done?

It is not possible for a software license to require this in general. It may be possible to require this in the case where the software is delivered with a product. For GPLv4, we could think about whether this is a good idea. But we are not yet working on a GPLv4.

Obviously I should have set the <ironic> tag explicitly. Please don't do that. And if you do, please don't point to me as the originator of that idea. Because I think my "idea" is bad.

wkr, Thomas.