On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 5:06 AM, Scott Cutler scott@scottcutler.net wrote:
Look, as I said, I plan on open-sourcing this stuff anyway. I just need to reserve the possibility of distributing a closed-source personal branch that's still compatible with rtlsdr, and to possibly have a temporary period with a more restrictive license, like MS-RSL.
Note, that GPL has nothing to do with your personal use. GPL is triggered only when you convey your software to someone else, either by publishing on the Internet, or passing a flash drive from hands to hands. In both (and all other) cases GPL'ed software should be accompanied with the respective source code. If you do not give the software to anybody and use it by yourself - you don't have any obligations about the source code. If you give your software to someone on a flash drive, you don't need to put the source code on the Internet, it's fine to put them on the same flash drive. But the person who received the source code will be free to put the on the Internet.
This is in short. And surely, this is not a legal advise, etc, etc.