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- From: friedman@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Noah Friedman)
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- Subject: Re: Fund raising at the FSF
- Date: 9 Jan 93 16:51:24
- Organization: Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave. Cambridge, MA 02139
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- In-reply-to: arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu's message of Sat, 9 Jan 1993 21:28:02 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan9.212802.22646@blaze.cs.jhu.edu> arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu (Ken Arromdee) writes:
- >>Therefore, by
- >> modifying or distributing the Program (or any work based on the
- >> Program), you indicate your acceptance of this License to do so...
- >
- >Does this work? I don't think so. If the only way to legally distribute
- >the program is to accept the license, it does not follow that someone who
- >distributes the program has just accepted the license. Rather, what follows is
- >that _either_ they accepted the license _or_ they committed a crime.
-
- If someone decides not to "accept" the license but happens to distribute it
- under terms which coincide with the license, who cares?
-
- If they distribute something through improper means, then yes, they have
- commited a crime. But that's true whether you "accept" the license or not.
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