Skirting the copyleft

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From: Kurt Baudendistel
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1991 11:57

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Like anything else, once you get a system in place, everybody tries to beat
it. So consider this scenario,

  Company X modifies the copylefted program BUG and wants to sell it. They
  do, for a reasonable price for that product, including warranty protection. 
  They abide by the copyleft and offer to send source code for the product 
  if you ask for it.

  However, X voids your warranty on BUG if you actually do get the source 
  code from them.

What do you think of this?

-- 
Kurt Baudendistel --- GRA
Georgia Tech, School of Electrical Engineering, Atlanta, GA  30332
internet: baud@eedsp.gatech.edu         uucp: gatech!gt-eedsp!baud

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