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- From: arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu (Ken Arromdee)
- Subject: Re: Fund raising at the FSF
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.212313.5205@blaze.cs.jhu.edu>
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- Organization: Johns Hopkins University CS Dept.
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- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 21:23:13 GMT
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- In article <1ivb9nINN4f2@early-bird.think.com> barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin) 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.
- >>That doesn't sound like it's saying "if you violate the GPL by distributing
- >>without source, you can be prevented from distribution". It sounds more like
- >>"if you distribute without source, you just gave implicit consent for someone
- >>to copy your stuff".
- >"Your acceptance of this License" means that you agree to distribute source
- >code.
-
- In other words, by distributing the program, you implicitly agree to distribute
- source code.
-
- >From section 4: "Any attempt otherwise to copy, modify, sublicense or
- >distribute the Program is void, and will automatically terminate your
- >rights under this License." It *doesn't* say that violating the agreement
- >gives third parties the right to take source code that you haven't
- >distributed.
-
- Well, it doesn't say that in section 4.
- --
- "On the first day after Christmas my truelove served to me... Leftover Turkey!
- On the second day after Christmas my truelove served to me... Turkey Casserole
- that she made from Leftover Turkey.
- [days 3-4 deleted] ... Flaming Turkey Wings! ...
- -- Pizza Hut commercial (and M*tlu/A*gic bait)
-
- Ken Arromdee (arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu, arromdee@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu)
-