Re: Fund raising at the FSF

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From: Ken Arromdee
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 05:12

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In article <1j065fINNnsq@early-bird.think.com> barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin) writes:
>>In other words, by distributing the program, you implicitly agree to distribute
>>source code.
>Right.  That's not the same thing as agreeing to let someone take source
>code.  If I agree to give you $10, I have not implicitly agreed to let you
>pick my pocket to take the $10.

Of course you haven't implicitly agreed to it.  However, I read that line in
the GPL as implying that you have.  My point is not that you really did
implicitly agree, but rather that the GPL tries to say so.
--
"On the first day after Christmas my truelove served to me...  Leftover Turkey!
On the second day after Christmas my truelove served to me...  Turkey Casserole
    that she made from Leftover Turkey.
[days 3-4 deleted] ...  Flaming Turkey Wings! ...
   -- Pizza Hut commercial (and M*tlu/A*gic bait)

Ken Arromdee (arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu, arromdee@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu)

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