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From: Richard Caley
Date: Tue, 01 May 1990 21:02
Date: Tue, 01 May 1990 21:02
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Could someone please, by email if its obvious or has been gone over before, tell me why libg++ being copylefted is so much of a pain. Why does the following scenario not work 1) I develop a program using g++ which I decide for some reason I want to sell without source. 2) I build it and link it into an object module _without_linking_in_libg++. This object module will not be under the GPL, if I understand things correctly. I also write myself a liscencing agreement for this which prevents people from even looking in its general direction without asking me first. 3) I sell this object to I.M.Gullable plc for an unimaginably large sum, also sending them a tape with the gcc distribution on it. 4) IMG compiles the program using g++ linking in libg++. Now, I have lots of money; IMG has a runnable with liscencing restrictions saying a) If you redistribute this you must also distribute source. b) You may not redistribute this. they can't redistribute it, so copyleft doesn't cause me any headaches; and FSF have a new customer. Of course this wouldn't work for people cross-developing programs for systems on which g++ won't run. [ Note, I'm not saying that the above is civilised behaviour, but it seems to be within the rules ]
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,26fda86fe26cfae0 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1990-05-02 11:00:41 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!fauern!ira.uka.de!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cica!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucsd!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!edcastle!aipna!rjc From: rjc@uk.ac.ed.aipna (Richard Caley) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: more or less all of the above... Message-ID: <RJC.90May1210259@brodie.uk.ac.ed.aipna> Date: 1 May 90 21:02:59 GMT Sender: news@aipna.ed.ac.uk Distribution: gnu Organization: /u14/tts/rjc/.organization Lines: 36 Posted: Tue May 1 22:02:59 1990