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- From: floyd@hayes.ims.alaska.edu (Floyd Davidson)
- Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,talk.philosophy.misc,misc.legal
- Subject: FSF Debate Humor
- Message-ID: <1993Jan9.184853.8486@raven.alaska.edu>
- Date: 9 Jan 93 18:48:53 GMT
- Article-I.D.: raven.1993Jan9.184853.8486
- References: <1993Jan8.143028.19112@husc3.harvard.edu> <C0K4xx.Cos@news.udel.edu> <1993Jan8.222849.19131@husc3.harvard.edu>
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- The debate titled "Fund raising at the FSF" has gone on to such
- extents that I'm sure many readers have lost interest, or haven't
- the time to read it. That is a shame because the primary debators
- have been providing a show worth watching no matter which side one
- does or not agree with!
-
- I pulled this particular snippet out because it is so funny,
- logically, that I just had to repost it under a different title so
- that perhaps others could share the laugh.
-
- In article <1993Jan8.222849.19131@husc3.harvard.edu>
- zeleny@husc10.harvard.edu (Mikhail Zeleny) writes:
- >In article <C0K4xx.Cos@news.udel.edu>
- >johnston@me.udel.edu (Bill Johnston) writes:
- >
- >MZ:
- >>>________________________________
- >>>
- >>> 5. You may not copy, modify, sublicense, distribute or transfer
- >>> the Program except as expressly provided under this General
- >>> Public License. .....
- >>>
- >>>________________________________
- >
- >BJ:
- >>This statement expresses one of several "terms and conditions
- >>for copying, distribution and modification" set forth by the
- >>"licensor" (aka "owner", or "copyright holder") which describe
- >>and limit the rights of licensees. It does not describe or limit
- >>the rights of the licensor.
- >
- >This would have been a good distinction, had it been borne out by the
- >text of the GPL. Alas, it is not. While the term "licensor" occurs
- >in the statement of Version 1, Paragraph 7, the text does not in any
- >way suggest that the right of the licensor is in any way different
- >from the right of the licensee, as constrained by Paragraph 5.
-
- Yeah, right... the license terms for the licensee obviously apply
- to the licensor.
-
- Remember the name Mikhail Zeleny, he said that.
- --
- floyd@ims.alaska.edu A guest on the Institute of Marine Science computer
- Salcha, Alaska system at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks.
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