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Article #75134Reve: Invalid restrictions on usage.
From: Leonard H. Tower Jr.
Date: Thu, 08 Nov 1990 23:46
Date: Thu, 08 Nov 1990 23:46
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Date: 6 Nov 90 00:20:34 GMT From: brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) Organization: IR To paraphrase Michael Berch: The GPL says it's a license, so it's a license. This statement has no legal meaning. It's semantically null for the purposes of this discussion. Please ignore it. Shrink-wrap licenses such as the GPL are generally unenforceable. The GPL is not a 'shrink-wrap license' as the case law being referred to defines this term. This is contract law, not copyright law. Please don't draw any analogy between my copyright limitations and the GNU Public License. The GPL is not a shrink-wrap license but a statement of what the copyright holders of a GPLed program allow you to do with their copyrighted programs. This is allowed under the copyright law. thanx -len
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,78eef2970304db62 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1990-11-08 15:46:58 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!AI.MIT.EDU!tower From: tower@AI.MIT.EDU (Leonard H. Tower Jr.) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Reve: Invalid restrictions on usage. Message-ID: <9011082347.AA10039@spike.ai.mit.edu> Date: 8 Nov 90 23:46:58 GMT References: <7939:Nov600:20:3490@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> Sender: karl@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Distribution: gnu Organization: GNUs Lines: 26 Posted: Fri Nov 9 00:46:58 1990