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Re: Because you think I misrepresent RMS, it's OK to misrepresent me?

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From: Peter da Silva
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1989 19:37
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In article <1989Dec15.034150.13574@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu> schwartz@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu (Scott Schwartz) writes:
> If you didn't modify getopt() then section 2 doesn't apply, right?

I don't believe that to be the case. Certainly you need to read more than
individual sentences out of context.

> |Mere aggregation of another independent work with the Program (or its
> |derivative) on a volume of a storage or distribution medium does not bring
> |the other work under the scope of these terms.

> So including gnu getopt() in the same shar file doesn't entangle
> you either, right?

But including it in the same *binary* does. Stallman has explicitly stated
this in some forum or another.
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Peter "Have you hugged your wolf today" da Silva <peter@sugar.hackercorp.com>
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From: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva)
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Subject: Re: Because you think I misrepresent RMS, it's OK to misrepresent me?
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Date: 16 Dec 89 19:37:57 GMT
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