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Re: Fund raising at the FSF

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From: Charles Hannum
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 22:14
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In article <1993Jan8.212814.21601@blaze.cs.jhu.edu>
arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu (Ken Arromdee) writes:
>
> How are you going to prove you took the code from a common (non-GPL)
> source, instead of copying from the GPL to the non-GPL program?

It doesn't matter.  If you own the original GPL'd source, you can put
whatever license on it you wish.  The GPL itself does not transfer
ownership, and it does not magically transcend copyright law.  It
cannot do either.

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