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From: tzs@u.washington.edu (Tim Smith)
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Subject: Re: I hope this wont ignite a major flame war, but Ive got to know!
Date: 2 Aug 1994 13:22:48 GMT
Organization: University of Washington School of Law, Class of '95
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Jason Fordham <jclf@kaiwan.com> wrote:
>In order to publish code fragments in Dr. Dobbs, the Jolitzen decided not 
>to GPL their code. The GPL prohibits code extracts: if you want to 
>publish a bit of GPL'd code, you have to publish the whole file.

(1). There's no such prohibition in GPL.

(2). Even if there was, you'd still be wrong.  If it's their code, they
can publish it any way they wish.  Whether or not they have also distributed
it under some other license is completely irrelevant.

--Tim Smith