Re: Too Good to be True?

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From: Kyle Jones
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1992 22:51

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 > >     -  As long as you give these rights to others, you can distribute (for
 > >        profit or for free) the modifications and/or derivative versions to
 > >        others
 > 
 > I can do all those with PD Emacs.

The question is not whether you can, but rather WILL you
distribute it that way.  Why leave freedom up to chance?  Mandate
it, so others can't take it away.  This is what the GPL does.

The basic argument seems to be whether one thinks derivative work
deserve the same protection of freedom as the original.  The FSF
seems to think that derivative works do deserve this protection
(I DON'T speak for the FSF, mind you), mathew seems to think that
they don't.

I think it's time to just agree to disagree abotu this, and move
on.

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