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From: davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen)
Subject: Re: Summary of Linux vs. 386BSD vs. Commercial Unixes
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References: <1993Apr17.190517.4276@serval.net.wsu.edu> <1993Apr17.205715.11278@coe.montana.edu> <D87-MAL.93Apr18165428@byse.nada.kth.se> <C5p4Ix.G9n@sugar.neosoft.com> <C5poEp.8Jw@kithrup.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 17:32:07 GMT
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In article <C5poEp.8Jw@kithrup.com>, sef@kithrup.com (Sean Eric Fagan) writes:
| What the FSF does say, however, is that you must continue to follow the GPL
| if you distribute a program that include GPL'd code. Part of this requirement
| is that you must distribute source code to the entire product (with various
| exceptions mentioned in the GPL and LGPL).
The current GLP and particularly GLPL are the result of a lot of
pressure over time, and the initial versions were a lot more
restrictive. If you're going to quote GPL as a paragon of reasonable
restrictions, look at some of the older version for historical
perspective. The original GPL could be read to say that if you compiled
you code with gcc you had to give away the source. The current GPL is
far more realistic, although I have no information that it's ever been
tested in court.
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bill davidsen, GE Corp. R&D Center; Box 8; Schenectady NY 12345
Last year I worried that Bush would die and let Quayle take over.
This year I worry that Hillary will die and let Bill take over.