Re: Too Good to be True?

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From: Lieutenant 030
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1992 12:57

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burley@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Craig Burley) writes:
> In article <BTJBFB3w164w@mantis.co.uk> mathew@mantis.co.uk (Lieutenant 030) w
>    In what sense is software encumbered by copyright messages and legal 
>    obligations "liberated"?
> 
> In the same sense that citizens encumbered by a Constitution and a Bill of
> Rights are "liberated".

OK.  Suppose I am a user.  Suppose I have just obtained a copy of GNU Emacs.
What rights does the GPL give me over and above those I would have if GNU
Emacs were public domain?


mathew

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