Re: GP Library Licence Question

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From: Lawrence C. Foard
Date: Wed, 01 Jan 1992 02:01

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The gnu library license sounds very fair. I'm glad that they have decided to
fight the tendency of forbidding customers from modifying purchased software,
being able to relink purchased software will greatly enhance its usefulness.
In some ways I would like gnu to go further and require that software using
the libraries be sold with only the protection granted by copyright law, and
not allow licensing agreements above what is already granted by a simple
copyright. Since I expect to see the Gnu-OS become the "standard" OS, gnu's
library licensing will have a huge effect on the software industry.

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