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Article #73217Copyleft & royalties for authors
From: Eiffel Kills C++
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1991 21:34
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1991 21:34
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I think I've seen a thread like this somewhere in this newsgroup, but I can't find it, so here goes my question. As far as I know, if I write a software package and copyleft it, and sell it to someone, what's to stop them from undercutting my price and selling a mess of copies? Is there any provision for further resellings to automatically mark some percentage or fixed dollar amount to go to the author? Or are all your rights gone, including your right to get some compensation for writing the original code? If this has already been explained clearly somewhere, point me to it: I don't think I've seen this question addressed, and invariably it always comes up when I talk about the GNU Project to people who don't know much about it. Steve Boswell -- Future author of GNU Eiffel, if everything goes right whatis@ucsd.edu whatis@gnu.ai.mit.edu
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,246c9c7ef4135c55,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-11-01 06:30:36 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!zeus.ieee.org!sdd.hp.com!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!ogicse!ucsd!sdcc6!uape_14!cs199ak From: cs199ak@uape_14.ucsd.edu (Eiffel Kills C++) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Copyleft & royalties for authors Message-ID: <25096@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> Date: 31 Oct 91 21:34:59 GMT Sender: news@sdcc6.ucsd.edu Organization: University of California, San Diego Lines: 18