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Article #74237Re: Skirting the copyleft
From: Seth Breidbart
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1991 15:15
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1991 15:15
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In article <NELSON.91Jun11141539@sun.clarkson.edu>
nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu (aka NELSON@CLUTX.BITNET) writes:
:
|The relevant section would seem to be:
|
| 3.b) accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three
| years, to give any third party free (except for a nominal charge
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| for the cost of distribution) a complete machine-readable copy of the
| corresponding source code, to be distributed under the terms of
| Paragraphs 1 and 2 above; or,
|
|It seems, then, that the company is not providing the source code
|"free"; instead it is essentially asking people to give back their
|warranty. I would say, then, that if that company only offers the
|software with a warranty, that you are correct.
No problem. Get some third party to order the source; that third
party never had a warranty to lose.
Seth sethb@fid.morgan.com
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,2fc7b2961559dd2b X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-06-15 06:37:01 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!mstan!sethb From: sethb@Morgan.COM (Seth Breidbart) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Skirting the copyleft Message-ID: <3523@ylum.Morgan.COM> Date: 14 Jun 91 15:15:31 GMT References: <NELSON.91Jun10103721@sun.clarkson.edu> <PETRILLI.91Jun10202547@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <NELSON.91Jun11141539@sun.clarkson.edu> Organization: voluntary Lines: 22