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Article #74306Re: New GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE - Version 2, June 1991
From: Joe Buck
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1991 19:40
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1991 19:40
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In article <1991Jun5.125159.5561@ms.uky.edu>, sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey) writes:
|> The "Thou shalt not modify without permission" part of the GPL seems
|> a bit strong.
There is no such provision. Section 2 discusses the conditions under
which you may COPY AND DISTRIBUTE modified versions.
You're free to take your copy of a Gnu program and modify it to your
heart's content. But you can't legally make a copy of your modified
program without following the copyright restrictions. "Fair use"
provisions would allow you to make a backup copy or let an editor
copy it from disk into memory and back, but that's about it.
--
Joe Buck
jbuck@galileo.berkeley.edu {uunet,ucbvax}!galileo.berkeley.edu!jbuck
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,b130f716f4ff6431 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-06-05 17:54:57 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!spool.mu.edu!agate!forney.berkeley.edu!jbuck From: jbuck@forney.berkeley.edu (Joe Buck) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: New GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE - Version 2, June 1991 Message-ID: <1991Jun5.194024.16867@agate.berkeley.edu> Date: 5 Jun 91 19:40:24 GMT References: <9106030123.AA02489@pop-tarts> <1991Jun5.125159.5561@ms.uky.edu> Sender: usenet@agate.berkeley.edu (USENET Administrator) Reply-To: jbuck@forney.berkeley.edu (Joe Buck) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 16