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Article #63112Re: GNU development tools planned 4 NT?
From: Arthur Kreitman
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 1995 14:25
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 1995 14:25
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In article <abrahamzngqz5nbbvkw@verdande.iesd.auc.dk> abraham@iesd.auc.dk (Per Abrahamsen) writes: > Eh, they wrote it. They certainly know best what they intended it to > mean. If you believe that you have found a legal gap in the document > that allows you to use it in other ways than was intended, that is a > question between your and their lawyers. I just don't see where the > cult aspect come in, other than as a rhetorical device from someone > who lacks real arguments. Contracts are always subject to interpertation. I've negotiated lots of contracts and I've come to inumerable agreements with companies my firm has entered into contracts with over the interpertation of various terms and conditions. My overall impression was that the FSF considered the GPL more like holt writ then a contract. -- ---- Art Kreitman Congruent Corporation artk@congruent.com 110 Greene Street 212-431-5100 New York, New York 10012 fax 219-1532
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,eb4b2d1d0e5776fb X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-03-14 16:17:54 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!nntp.gmd.de!dearn!blekul11!ccsdec1.ufsia.ac.be!reks.uia.ac.be!idefix.CS.kuleuven.ac.be! Belgium.EU.net!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!psinntp!congrunt!artk From: artk@Congruent.COM (Arthur Kreitman) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: GNU development tools planned 4 NT? Message-ID: <ARTK.95Mar14092540@cc-color1.Congruent.COM> Date: 14 Mar 95 14:25:39 GMT References: <ARTK.95Feb26213117@cc-color1.Congruent.COM> <D4wr43.1sG@oea.xs4all.nl> <ARTK.95Mar7094753@cc-color1.Congruent.COM> <abrahamzngqz5nbbvkw@verdande.iesd.auc.dk> Sender: news@Congruent.COM Organization: Congruent Corporation; New York, NY Lines: 23 In-reply-to: abraham@iesd.auc.dk's message of 12 Mar 95 05:01:46 GMT