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Article #72572Re: Too Good to be True?
From: Lieutenant 030
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1992 18:53
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1992 18:53
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mib@churchy.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Michael I Bushnell) writes: > Ah! You have misunderstood. "Mere aggregation" of your .c file and > the FSF's .c file doesn't cause yours to be placed on the GPL, whether > they are called "one program" or not. The restriction is if you use > FSF code *in yours* (by modification, for example), or by distributing > an executable in which the two are inextricably intertwined. So basically, I can completely bypass the GPL so long as the customer has his own linker? mathew -- Just another would-be Mac owner put off by Apple's monopolistic practices / If you know where I can buy the CD "In Mysterious Ways" by John Foxx, please send me email / Message for Kodak: Bring back Dan Bredy! / My PGP RSA public key is available on request / Desperately seeking CD of "U2" by Negativland / 4 lines
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,e71af1b1f401c58d X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-01-27 14:01:49 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!uknet!slxsys!ibmpcug!mantis!mathew From: mathew@mantis.co.uk (Lieutenant 030) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Too Good to be True? Message-ID: <NB38eB19w164w@mantis.co.uk> Date: 27 Jan 92 18:53:22 GMT References: <MIB.92Jan23173928@churchy.gnu.ai.mit.edu> Organization: Mantis Consultants, Cambridge. UK. Lines: 18