Re: Too Good to be True?

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From: david d 'zoo' zuhn
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1992 21:27

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   How could I imprison non-GPL public domain software?

   The GPL doesn't give any freedom to software which it wouldn't have
   anyway if it were in the public domain.

Yes it does.  I can take something that is PD, modify it, and
copyright and restrict redistribution of my product.  If the original
source were GPL'd, I couldn't do that.  The source code of GPL'd
programs is free, as is any program derived from the GPL'd source
code.  It gives the source a lifetime of freedom, rather than freedom
in the current version only.

david d [zoo] zuhn		Univ. of Minnesota Dept. of Astronomy
zoo@aps1.spa.umn.edu		      Automated Plate Scanner Project
 -- member of the League for Programming Freedom -- email me for info

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