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- From: d87-mal@drax.nada.kth.se (Mats L|fkvist)
- Subject: Re: c compiler for machten
- In-Reply-To: mike@vlsivie.tuwien.ac.at's message of Fri, 24 Jul 1992 23:31:17 GMT
- Message-ID: <D87-MAL.92Jul25172553@drax.nada.kth.se>
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- Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
- References: <1992Jul12.214906.28474@ctr.columbia.edu> <1992Jul14.200620.5698@uwm.edu>
- <MIKE.92Jul25003117@guam.vlsivie.tuwien.ac.at>
- Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 16:25:53 GMT
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- Minor corrections, based on my very personal opinions...
-
- In article <MIKE.92Jul25003117@guam.vlsivie.tuwien.ac.at> mike@vlsivie.tuwien.ac.at (Michael Gschwind) writes:
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- Since gcc is copy-;efted, this IS a non-commercial port.
-
- Why? There is nothing in the copyleft saying you can't sell copylefted
- code for money. What is says is that you can't restrict what the recipient
- does with the code.
-
- The copyright notice off gcc basically says that (my wards) "if you
- can get your hands on a copy of the port, there is nothing Tenon (or
- anybody else) can do to prevent you from using it)
-
- The copyleft doesn't make it legal to get the code from someone against
- his will. In other words, you have to find someone who did pay for it
- and wants to pass it on to you. (Or someone who got it from someone who
- bought it, etc etc.) Theoretically, if all customers by their own choice
- decided not to give the code away, you would have to pay for it to get it.
-
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- Mats Lofkvist All I want from you,
- d87-mal@nada.kht.se is make my wildest dreams come true.
-