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- From: cflatter@nrao.edu (Chris Flatters)
- Subject: Re: Restrictions on 'free' UNIX / 386BSD (R
- Message-ID: <1992Aug18.234401.2087@nrao.edu>
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- References: <1992Aug18.015903.8526@fcom.cc.utah.edu>
- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 23:44:01 GMT
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- In article 8526@fcom.cc.utah.edu, terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C) writes:
- >Does [the GPL] mean that I can't sell my own program (we'll call it '/usr/bin/true')
- >for $500.00, and then give away GNU Hurd in order to run it, but don't tell
- >anyone what the program is (except you all know now ;-)), offer to send source,
- >like in GPL, but say they can't copy it because they can't distinguish my
- >part from GNU's part?
-
- You don't have to supply source for your own /usr/bin/true because you stuck
- it in the same packet with the GNU Hurd (unless of course it is a modified
- version of a GNU /usr/bin/true). You still have to supply source for the
- Hurd and you can not restrict the rights of anyone who gets the source from
- you to make further copies of the Hurd source.
-
- >Because Hurd is an OS, does this mean that *any* application that runs on it
- >is a derivitive work and falls under GNU Public License?
-
- No. Even a lawyer would think that that was silly.
-
- Chris Flatters
- cflatter@nrao.edu
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