Re: Wolfram/MMA & vendors refusing release on OS with source

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From: Darin Johnson
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 18:10

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> >The Berkeley license is less restrictive than the GPL... the GPL explicitly
> >allows derivative works to have less restrictive licenses.

Really?  Say I had a less restrictive license that said you need not
bother about supplying source code to your customers?

As far as GPL, there really is only one restriction - you have to
supply the source code upon demand.  How can you be less restrictive
without violating the GPL?
--
Darin Johnson
djohnson@ucsd.edu
    The full name of the compiler is "Compiler Language With No Pronounceable
    Acronym", which is, for obvious reasons, abbreviated "INTERCAL".

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From: djohnson@tartarus.ucsd.edu (Darin Johnson)
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Subject: Re: Wolfram/MMA & vendors refusing release on OS with source
Date: 21 Feb 1995 18:10:24 GMT
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