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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!newsxfer3.itd.umich.edu!chi-news.cic.net!news.synet.net!imdave From: imdave@synet.net (Dave Bodenstab) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy Subject: Re: Linux vs whatever Date: 29 Jan 1997 04:16:36 GMT Organization: Dave Bodenstab's home machine Lines: 32 Message-ID: <5cmiv4$iuf@garuda.synet.net> References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <5cl66d$l52@web.nmti.com> <32EE3C3C.5534B736@indiana.edu> <5clcjd$l34@cynic.portal.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: dial34.synet.net Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:154805 comp.os.linux.networking:66461 comp.os.linux.setup:94357 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2082 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:51240 comp.os.os2.advocacy:264069 In article <5clcjd$l34@cynic.portal.ca>, Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.portal.ca> wrote: >In article <32EE3C3C.5534B736@indiana.edu>, >Lars Hofhansl <lhofhans@indiana.edu> wrote: > >>But when you >>distribute the same sections as part of a whole which is a work based >>on the Program, the distribution of the whole must be on the terms of >>this License, whose permissions for other licensees extend to the >>entire whole, and thus to each and every part regardless of who wrote >>it." > >Right. In other words, if I have a 10,000 line program and add 500 >lines of GPL'd code, I must put all of my 10,000 lines under the >GPL. If some of that 10,000 lines is under a licence that conflicts >with the GPL, I simply cannot combine the code and distribute it, >period. I exult in such freedom! :-/ > Then why did you add the 500 lines of GPL'ed code? It was your choice, was it not? If you use 500 lines of another person's code, then you need their permission. If you don't like their terms, then don't use it. I don't understand why people feel that they have a right to use other's work, and are offended when the original author puts conditions on its use. In the case that the GPL conflicts with another license... you're correct -- you can't use it. So what's the problem? There are many things that we "can't do" because of legal requirements. Dave Bodenstab imdave@synet.net