Comment by bluGill
This is GPL2 - there is no requirement that you be able to install/use/hack the software, only that you get the same source.
This is GPL2 - there is no requirement that you be able to install/use/hack the software, only that you get the same source.
This relies on a court's interpretation. GPLv3 made it explicit that the user has to be provided with everything they need to install modified software. GPLv2 just says "scripts used to control installation" which can be easily interpreted to exclude private signing keys. And the LGPLv2 says when an executable statically links to the library the user must be able to produce a modified executable - nothing at all about being able to install that executable.
That is incorrect, the GPLv2 requires that you be able to modify the code, build it, reinstall the binary and run the modified binary.
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