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Article #74989Re: Ghostscript: The bad news
From: Akira Takiguchi
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 1990 02:20
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 1990 02:20
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In article <1990Dec16.181007.11684@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> carroll@cs.uiuc.edu (Alan M. Carroll) writes:
|This brings up a point that is of concern to me. Some parts* of the
|Epoch code contain an escape clause designed to allow me to reuse the
|code in commercial products, without those products being under the
|GPL. Such use would have no effect on Epoch, except that I might not
|work on it anymore. I really couldn't care less what anyone else does
|with my released code, but if _I_ can't use it for _whatever I want_,
|then I'm not going to release it.
Without such clause you CAN reuse code in commercial products if YOU
are the copyright owner. There's nothing to worry.
As for Ghostscript, many people are disappointed if it will eventually
turn into a commercial product because the ENTIRE system may cease to exist
as FSF-supported free software. I don't care if some of your epoch code
is used on commercial product, you have the right to do so.
--
Akira Takiguchi @ ATSON, Inc.
%%%% sorry, international mail can't reach me for a while %%%%
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,96e8683c29413fce X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1990-12-16 18:20:00 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!sunic!uupsi!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!ccut!titcca!anprda!akira From: akira@atson.asahi-np.co.jp (Akira Takiguchi) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Ghostscript: The bad news Message-ID: <1024@anprda.atson.asahi-np.co.jp> Date: 17 Dec 90 02:20:00 GMT References: <1990Dec16.104300.12930@pegasus.com> <GUMBY.90Dec16041023@Cygnus.COM> <1990Dec16.181007.11684@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Reply-To: akira@anprda.atson.asahi-np.co.jp (Akira Takiguchi) Organization: ATSON, Inc. Lines: 20