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Article #72318Re: what are acceptable compromises?
From: david carlton
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1992 05:29
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1992 05:29
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In article <aN5sgB20w164w@mantis.co.uk>, mathew@mantis.co.uk (From A
to B) writes:
> carlton@husc10.harvard.edu (david carlton) writes:
>> In article <c0HNgB8w164w@mantis.co.uk>, mathew@mantis.co.uk (From A to
>> B) writes:
>> > The GNU project started because people were fed up with having
>> > restrictions placed on what they could do with the code they had.
>> > So now they release code which STILL has restrictions on what you
>> > can do with it -- just DIFFERENT restrictions.
>> I don't understand. If you release "TFSF" code into anything other
>> than the public domain, don't you fall prey to your own attacks in the
>> first sentence?
> No. The aim is to release code under a license which does not restrict
> what you may do with the code, how you may distribute it, or anything like
> that.
So? Are you going to release code with restrictions or without them?
If you aren't going to release it with restrictions, why the license?
If you are going to release them with restrictions, you're releasing
code which STILL has restrictions on what you can do with it -- just
DIFFERENT restrictions.
david carlton
carlton@husc.harvard.edu
I want to read my new poem about pork brains and outer space...
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