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From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva)
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: GPL (was: Linux vs whatever)
Date: 29 Jan 1997 22:55:14 GMT
Organization: Network/development platform support, NMTI
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In article <5cmiuu$iud@garuda.synet.net>,
Dave Bodenstab <imdave@synet.net> wrote:
> If they choose 'a', then why isn't it reasonable that they adhere to
> any conditions imposed by the authors of the works that forms the
> basis of the new work?
It is, of course, reasonable for them to do that.
> If they don't like this, it is possible to
> negotiate separate terms with the original authors!
And it is, of course, reasonable for them to do that.
This doesn't address the question at hand, though, which is whether the GPL
is a "good thing" in a public policy sense, either in intent (that's the
Loyal Rebel Programmers versus the Evil Software Hoarders issue), or practice
(that's the Does the BSD Copyright or the GPL work better in practice for
promoting the unimpeded use of software).
--
The Reverend Peter da Silva, ULC, COQO, BOFH.
Har du kramat din varg, idag? `-_-'