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>>>>> On Thu, 3 Jun 93 19:15:12 GMT, geoff@ficus.cs.ucla.edu (Geoffrey
>>>>> Kuenning) said:

Geoff> Third, and most important, I'm not willing to put my software under
Geoff> the GPL.  Since my objections are basically political, I don't think
Geoff> this forum is the proper place to discuss it, so I won't go further
Geoff> than that here.  People who wish to hear my objections (they're hardly
Geoff> original) are welcome to e-mail me.

I would like to point out that the GPL is much more relaxed than the
copyright for ispell 3.0.9.  One of the nice thing about the GPL is
that it allows the software to be used and distributed for profit.
Modifications are also less restricted in the GPL than in ispell3.

% ispell3 -v
International Ispell Version 3.0.09 (beta), 01/10/92
Copyright (c), 1983, by Pace Willisson
International version Copyright (c) 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992,
by Geoff Kuenning, Manhattan Beach, CA.  All rights reserved.
Permission for non-profit reproduction and use is hereby granted.
Commercial organizations may distribute ispell as a free part of a
larger proprietary package for which a fee is charged.  Commercial
organizations may also charge a reasonable reproduction fee for
distributing ispell alone.  Modifications may be made so
long as this notice is preserved, modified versions are
clearly marked as such in this notice, all changes are
dated, and the author of each modification is identified.