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Article #74219Re: Skirting the copyleft
From: Russ Nelson
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1991 15:37
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1991 15:37
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In article <1991Jun10.115701.29211@eedsp.gatech.edu> baud@laplace.eedsp.gatech.edu (Kurt Baudendistel) writes:
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?
Not a thing wrong with it. The GPL places no requirement for a warranty
upon anyone.
--
--russ <nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu> I'm proud to be a humble Quaker.
Clear cutting is criminal, spiking trees is criminal, and using hyperbole of
this magnitude in a serious discussion is criminal. -- Irv Chidsey
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,2fc7b2961559dd2b X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-06-10 09:43:28 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!spool.mu.edu!think.com!rpi!clarkson!grape.ecs.clarkson.edu!nelson From: nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Skirting the copyleft Message-ID: <NELSON.91Jun10103721@sun.clarkson.edu> Date: 10 Jun 91 15:37:21 GMT References: <1991Jun10.115701.29211@eedsp.gatech.edu> Sender: usenet@grape.ecs.clarkson.edu Reply-To: nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu (aka NELSON@CLUTX.BITNET) Organization: Clarkson University, Potsdam NY Lines: 22 In-Reply-To: baud@laplace.eedsp.gatech.edu's message of 10 Jun 91 11:57:01 GMT