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Re: porting gcc for money -- thanks, but...

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From: James Davies
Date: Tue, 04 Jun 1991 22:46
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In article <uexwzzhppa@ads.com> johnston@ADS.COM (Scott E. Johnston) writes:
>
>If that is so, I'd like to to explore how clause 3a cancels out 2b (*
>cause the whole of any work that you distribute or publish ...  to be
>licensed at no charge to all third parties ...).  To me it seems that
>cancellation of any terms of 1 and 2 was not intended by the text of
>3b.  Since it says the source "must be distributed under the terms of
>Paragraph 1 and 2 above" I'd think I'd have to make that source
>available to all third parties, etc., etc..

Clause 2b says:

    b) cause the whole of any work that you distribute or publish, that
    in whole or in part contains the Program or any part thereof, either
    with or without modifications, to be licensed at no charge to all
    third parties under the terms of this General Public License (except
    that you may choose to grant warranty protection to some or all
    third parties, at your option).

Note that it says you must "license" the Program.  This is not the same
as distributing it -- it means only that all third parties have the right
to use, copy, etc., the program, not that you're obligated to furnish a
copy to them.

>Scott E. Johnston

						Jim Davies
						jrbd@craycos.com
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From: jrbd@craycos.com (James Davies)
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Subject: Re: porting gcc for money -- thanks, but...
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Date: 4 Jun 91 22:46:24 GMT
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