Re: Too Good to be True?

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From: Joe Wells
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1992 01:49

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In article <MIB.92Jan27201417@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu> mib@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Michael I Bushnell) writes:

   If you don't read the source, you are guaranteed it's not derivative,
   so you aren't worse off than with commercial software.

Not good enough.  If you use a GPL-covered include file, the object file
is derived from it.

-- 
Joe Wells <jbw@cs.bu.edu>

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