I feel I need to clarify something... (Score 1)

"If you in any way gather information about the program that wouldn't be available to you without the program being under the GPL and using that information to create a patch you are obligated under law to distribute the patch under the GPL" I meant: "If you in any way gather information about the program that wouldn't be available to you if the source wasn't available to anyone but the original developer and using that information to create a patch you are obligated under law to distribute the patch under the GPL"