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Article #74215Re: porting gcc for money -- thanks, but...
From: Amanda Walker
Date: Sat, 08 Jun 1991 14:39
Date: Sat, 08 Jun 1991 14:39
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In article <uexwzzhppa@ads.com> johnston@ADS.COM (Scott E. Johnston) writes: To rephrase things, you're saying that if I deliver sources to a customer who paid for the port, neither of us is under any obligation to redistribute. Correct. You are, however, unable to *prevent* your customer from distributing it, and they are unable to prevent you from doing so. The GPL prevents you from restricting distribution; it does not not compel you to distribute. As an analogy, the speed limit prevents me (theoretically) from going faster than 55mph, but it does not compel me to go 55. I won't get ticketed for going 53 in a 55 zone... -- Amanda Walker amanda@visix.com Visix Software Inc. ...!uunet!visix!amanda -- It is a vast and wonderful universe, but you wouldn't know it to live here.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,ebe4285f144e297f X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-06-08 11:27:49 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!visix!news From: amanda@visix.com (Amanda Walker) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: porting gcc for money -- thanks, but... Message-ID: <1991Jun8.143933.19555@visix.com> Date: 8 Jun 91 14:39:33 GMT References: <284615A0.5415@ics.uci.edu> <ueu4gxeaka@ads.com> <1991Jun03.213546.13952@kithrup.COM> <uexwzzhppa@ads.com> Sender: news@visix.com Distribution: gnu Organization: Visix Software Inc., Reston, VA Lines: 19