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In article <ref above> kennel@cognet.ucla.edu (Matt Kennel) writes:

>This does _not_ only affect software developers.  Consider a typical
>Programming Systems class (CS217 at Princeton, my alma mater) which
>uses GCC and the libraries.  The copyleft means that Jock Bonehead,
>who's running a low C- average, can demand that Joan Von Neumann give
>him her A+ final programming project, complete with source code.

This is utter bullshit....

The GNU copyleft says nothing at all about your own personal use of
your own programs -- and a classroom assignment certainly qualifies as
personal use.

The GNU copyleft _does_ say that: *if* you _distribute_ a program
produced by way of the GNU software, then you have to distribute the
source for that program also, for at most a copying fee.

I'll leave it for others to decide whether run-time libraries are
reasonably included in this (I think not), but the agreement clearly
covers _distribution_ of programs, not merely their creation.
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