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Article #73628Question About General Public License
From: Leonard H. Tower Jr.
Date: Thu, 01 Aug 1991 00:49
Date: Thu, 01 Aug 1991 00:49
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Date: 31 Jul 91 21:38:07 GMT Organization: SCRI, Florida State University From: hudgens@sun13.scri.fsu.edu (Jim Hudgens) Sender: gnu-misc-discuss-request@cis.ohio-state.edu In article <nheu.0471@heuvax.wimsey.bc.ca> nheu@heuvax.wimsey.bc.ca (Norman Heu) writes: >A quick question.. if I release a program I write under the GNU >General Public License, must I include the source? > -Norm No, but you must offer to make the source available for a reasonable distribution fee. There are other options too. See the GPL for details. Another question on the GPL: if I release a program under the GPL, can I call it GNU-something-or-other, or is the GNU designation "reserved" for programs with copyright owned by the FSF? Any opinions or definitive answers? (It's not an entirely hypothetical question at the moment, though the program in question is still much too shaky to release). FSF and the GNU Project request that you ask us (via gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu) before designating a program as "GNU" something-or-other. It's the right thing to do and will avoid a lot of confusion later on. thanx -len
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