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In <NELSON.89Oct19072055@image.clarkson.edu> Russ Nelson
<nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu> writes:
Russ> If *I* want all of my code to be distributed with source, and
Russ> someone uses some code that I have put into the PD and, for
Russ> whatever reasons of their own, refuses to distribute source, I
Russ> have no recourse.  They are using my code in a way that is
Russ> anathema to me.

In <4496@yunexus.UUCP> oz@yunexus.UUCP (Ozan Yigit) writes:
Oz> This is true. The missing bit is that noone has the right (nor, possibly
Oz> the capability, depending on how you distribute) to restrict the original
Oz> code [the one you provably authored and released into public domain] in
Oz> any way. So, I do not see what the problem is.

The problem is this: my work is being used in a manner in which I do
not approve.  Plain and simple.  _That_ is a problem.  Say I write a
compiler which generates smaller, faster code than most other available
compilers, someone else changes one or two things and makes it run on
their machines, and then sells it but refuses to give clients source so
that they can tweak it on those machines as they desire.  This was not
something I wanted, yet my work had been a major factor in it.

Dave
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