Re: Too Good to be True?

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From: kyle
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1992 01:40

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 > > Huh?  That, most definitely, *IS* distributing GNU software in ways
 > > the FSF dislkes.  Most assuredly.  We dislike the distribution of
 > > derivatives of our software in ways that don't preserve the free
 > > nature of the code.
 > 
 > But it does preserve the "free" nature of the code.  All the code which was
 > "free" is still "free".

Nay.  Derived works are not protected in this case.  That's why
disclaiming copyrights is unwise if you want your code to be free
forever.

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