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Re: GPL, LGPL

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From: Phil Richards
Date: Mon, 06 Mar 1995 16:12
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In <ARTK.95Mar6081710@cc-color1.congruent.com>,
	Arthur Kreitman <artk@Congruent.COM> writes:
[Stephane Boucher on why bison output falls under the GPL when using the
 `default' skeleton comments deleted]
>   I know that's what happens.   I just doubt that any court will enforce
> a contract that makes your 100,000 lines of code a derivative work of 
> 100 lines or so and require you disclose your source code.

So take the 100 lines of code out (which would make the code `legal' and
is really easy to do), and then compile it without violating somebody
else's copyright... after all, we are all law abiding citizens, are
we not?  I would have thought that a court would uphold violation of
the copyright on the 100 lines of code.

Oh, it doesn't compile?  Well, there you go.  Time to write your
own skeleton (which ain't exactly hard to do, especially if you've
got the energy to write 100,000 lines of other code :-) ).

phil "who was away from Usenet for a year and half and is happy to see
      this thread is still going... and going... and going..."
--
I certainly do not speak for ICL in any way, shape, or form.
All opinions expressed, and the manner of their expression are just me.
Sorry.
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Subject: Re: GPL, LGPL
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