GNU GPL (was Ghostscript: The bad news)

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From: Bob Beck
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 1990 18:45

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   I have been informed by mail that I am in error, and the GPL is not
binding to the author. Obviously in this case, I can see that someone
who has the intention of releasing a proprietary version of a
previously copylefted package can do so, provided all parties who own
the code agree. If the author has not accepted any contributions to
the code other than his own this would seem to be fairly easy. Is this
something that the FSF would be seeking to prevent? Can it be prevented? 

--
 Bob Beck, beck@cs.ualberta.ca  University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta. Canada.

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Subject: GNU GPL  (was Ghostscript: The bad news)
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