Re: Too Good to be True?

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From: Michael I Bushnell
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1992 03:50

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In article <JBW.92Jan27204933@bigbird.bu.edu> jbw@bigbird.bu.edu (Joe Wells) writes:

   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.

You are correct; I was wrong.  The issue is *not* one of look-and-feel
copyright.  The use of GPL-covered code is not the same thing as
writing your own code to do the same thing.

	-mib

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From: mib@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Michael I Bushnell)
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