Re: GPL and NDAs

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From: Isaac
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 00:00

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On 31 Jan 2000 02:44:24 GMT, Onnie Lynn Winebarger 
<owinebar@steel.ucs.indiana.edu> wrote:
>    This is false.  I own all my copies of GPL'ed software.  I do not own
>the copyrights to said software.  The latter does not contradict the
>former.  Proprietary software "End User License Agreements" purport that

Exactly right.  Copyright law does give certain rights to people who own
copies of software.  Some of these are rights that publishers of 
proprietary software don't want you to use.  But the concept of owning
rather than possessing copies of software are certainly supported by
law.

Isaac

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From: isaac@latveria.castledoom.org (Isaac)
Subject: Re: GPL and NDAs
Date: 2000/01/31
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