Re: Emacs and RCS (was Re: GUI front-end for RCS)

Article View: aus.computers.linux

Article #55736

Back to aus.computers.linux Previous Next

#55736

From: Steinar Bang
Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 00:00

28 lines
1848 bytes

>>>>> dmcook@cts.com (David M. COok):

> On 10 May 1997 21:03:37 +0200, Kim-Minh Kaplan 
> <kimminh.kaplan@utopia.eunet.fr> wrote:

>>>>>>> On May  9, 1997, David A Cuthbert said:

David> ComponentSoftware Ltd. makes a port for Win95/NT of the GNU
David> RCS; look at http://www.componentsoftware.com/csrcs/ .
David> Unfortunately, it isn't free ($49 single-user, $199 for five
David> users).
>> [...]

>> Isn't GNU RCS GPLed ?

> The GPL allows you to sell the software as long as you don't keep
> the source code from the user.

It isn't that simple.  The GPL basically also says that you can buy a
single user license, and use it for as many people as you like, give
it away, sell it, whatever.

They aren't allowed to impose those kinds of restrictions on you, as a
user.

- Steinar

Technical Details

Message-ID: <whenbdyvk2.fsf@heidrun.troll.no>

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!unknown!not-for-mail

References:

<3364493D.7F4041AF@numbat.cs.rmit.edu.au> <862893876.637513@aldan> <5ks61g$ckd$1@halcyon.com> <33729C90.761F229C@vais.net> <5l014t$omm@fs7.ece.cmu.edu> <yg4lo5nw3na.fsf@lombric.intra-net> <slrn5ncgmq.2cj.dmcook@mozart.cts.com>

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: 10c696,f946f9af8f190b56
X-Google-Attributes: gid10c696,public
X-Google-Thread: 1103af,f946f9af8f190b56
X-Google-Attributes: gid1103af,public
X-Google-Thread: 102b9a,281dc3fccc99d68
X-Google-Attributes: gid102b9a,public
X-Google-Thread: f4bda,f946f9af8f190b56
X-Google-Attributes: gidf4bda,public
X-Google-Thread: 102983,f946f9af8f190b56
X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,public
From: Steinar Bang <sb@metis.no>
Subject: Re: Emacs and RCS (was Re: GUI front-end for RCS)
Date: 1997/05/12
Message-ID: <whenbdyvk2.fsf@heidrun.troll.no>
X-Deja-AN: 241029874
References: <3364493D.7F4041AF@numbat.cs.rmit.edu.au> <862893876.637513@aldan> <5ks61g$ckd$1@halcyon.com> <33729C90.761F229C@vais.net> <5l014t$omm@fs7.ece.cmu.edu> <yg4lo5nw3na.fsf@lombric.intra-net> <slrn5ncgmq.2cj.dmcook@mozart.cts.com>
Organization: NCR Norge AS, METIS ED&D, Horten, Norway
Newsgroups: aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,comp.emacs

Reply to Parent Message