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From: phr@soda.berkeley.edu (Paul Rubin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: Restrictions on 'free' UNIX / 386BSD (Re: selling 386BSD)
Date: 15 Aug 92 15:11:00
Organization: CSUA/UCB
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In-reply-to: merlin@neuro.usc.edu's message of 14 Aug 92 12:13:00 GMT
If people like cgd really feel obligated to contribute
'contaminated' code then their contributions should be made
available separately from the free redistributable core --
preferably in a separate 'restricted' distribution -- and clearly
labeled 'infectious waste' -- with ample warnings to future users
of such code about potential intellectual property rights claims
and intellectual health risks. In my opinion the same label
should be applied to anything carrying the even more restrictive
GNU copyleft.
Try to think a little more clearly. It is the ABSENCE of copyleft
that leads to the possibility of non-freely-redistributable versions.
The copyleft was designed to prevent that from happening. If 386bsd
was copylefted, these flames wouldn't be happening.
Paul Rubin
Copylefts 'R' Us