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In article <1993Jan10.125629.19161@husc3.harvard.edu> zeleny@husc10.harvard.edu (Mikhail Zeleny) writes:
>>And given this, the terms *do* apply to the token, not the type, since
>>copyright applies to expressions not ideas (although with software, the
>>line between token and type is fuzzy).

>As you can see, there is nothing fuzzy about the distinction.

I know what "token" and "type" mean.  But in cyberspace, many things that
are concrete in the real world become ephemeral.  They go back and forth
from having single to multiple instantiations, depending on point of view.
For instance, when a program is being run there's a copy in RAM that is
physically distinct from the copy on disk, but operationally they may be
identical (for instance, in many virtual memory systems, if someone changes
the disk copy, the change will be reflected immediately in the memory copy
as well).

In any case, the notion of copyright only makes sense when attached to
tokens, not types.  You can't copy a type.

>According to Paragraph 8 (V1), any of the subsequent revised versions
>of the GPL may be selected by the licensee, at his own discretion,
>instead of the version specified in the program he is using.

I only have V2 of the GPL, and it says that this may only be done if the
program specifies "and any later version" when indicating which version of
the GPL applies.  If a program indicates only a specific version which
applies, then you can't do that.
-- 
Barry Margolin
System Manager, Thinking Machines Corp.

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