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- From: cflatter@nrao.edu (Chris Flatters)
- Subject: Re: Restrictions on free UNIX / 386BSD (Re:
- Message-ID: <1992Aug19.011831.3079@nrao.edu>
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- Organization: NRAO
- References: <9208181753.32@rmkhome.UUCP>
- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 01:18:31 GMT
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- In article 32@rmkhome.UUCP, rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly) writes:
- >Software houses such as Lotus and Wordperfect want complete assurance that
- >their product is secure under the law when it goes out the door. There is
- >no court record to show what happens when the buyer of a commercial software
- >product demands source from the author because it was compiled using GCC,
- >and should fall under the GNU Copyleft.
-
- Compiling a program with GNU C does not automatically place it under the
- GNU General Public License. It might help cut down on the bandwidth here
- if people actually read the GPL before posting.
-
- Chris Flatters
- cflatter@nrao.edu
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