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Article #5382Re: What does "free" mean, eh? (Re: Scareware)
From: Russ Nelson
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 1990 17:14
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 1990 17:14
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In article <HL42IIggpc2@ficc.uu.net> peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes: Claiming rights to your code because you use a GNU library routine is just a bit beyond the pale for me. You may disagree, but surely you can see the point. No one is claiming rights to your code. The copyleft simply insists that you distribute copylefted code according to the copyleft. So if you're using a GNU library routine, you must respect its copyright. It's no more (or less) unreasonable than requiring royalties. I suppose you rail against libraries that require the payment of royalties also, but I've never seen you do it. -- --russ (nelson@clutx [.bitnet | .clarkson.edu]) Russ.Nelson@$315.268.6667 Violence never solves problems, it just changes them into more subtle problems
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!image.soe.clarkson.edu!news From: nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) Newsgroups: comp.sources.d Subject: Re: What does "free" mean, eh? (Re: Scareware) Message-ID: <NELSON.90Mar10121402@image.clarkson.edu> Date: 10 Mar 90 17:14:08 GMT References: <14010@s.ms.uky.edu> <125816@midas.UUCP> <635@magnus.Hotline.Com> <34812@watmath.waterloo.edu> <10612@hoptoad.uucp> <TU129ZCxds13@ficc.uu.net> <796.25f66867@ccvax.ucd.ie> <HL42IIggpc2@ficc.uu.net> Sender: news@sun.soe.clarkson.edu Reply-To: nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu Organization: Clarkson University, Potsdam NY Lines: 18 In-reply-to: peter@ficc.uu.net's message of 10 Mar 90 03:44:24 GMT