Re: GPL and NDAs

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From: Jeffrey B. Siegal
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 00:00

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Bruce Hoult wrote:
> IF some court ruled that RMS was wrong then RMS would no doubt redraft the
> GPL to more explicitly say that copying within a company was not
> distribution, and users would then be free to use either the new or the
> old version of the GPL (as provided for in the GPL itself).

RMS can do whatever he wants with software for which the FSF holds the
copyright.  Including, possibly, licensing this code under terms totally
different from the GPL.  The problem arises for packages like the Linux
kernel, which do not have a single copyright holder who can make a decision to
change the license.  It is likely that the license on the Linux kernel can
never be changed if the change is the slightest bit controversial.

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