Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 16:58:02 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: joelh@gnu.ai.mit.edu Cc: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What's so evil about GPL Message-ID: <199607152258.QAA21464@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199607152244.SAA08783@goldman.gnu.ai.mit.edu> References: <199607142351.BAA13294@uriah.heep.sax.de> <199607152244.SAA08783@goldman.gnu.ai.mit.edu>
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> >>> . You are forced to become a software redistribution institution > >>> once you have modified some of the source code, and intend to > >>> redistribute your modified work. .. > >> Er... Well, to redistribute your work, you normally have to be > >> allied with a software distributor, right? ... > > No. Not if you are a small company serving a dozen or so small > > customers. It's not your primary interest to distribute software, > > but to provide solutions then. > > Then you need only provide the source to those. If they choose to > redistribute, it is their obligation to provide your source, no longer > yours. So you become a 'software redistribution institution' to a small number of folks instead of a large number of folks. :) Nate
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