Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 23:51:35 -0800 From: obrien@NUXI.com (David O'Brien) To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GPL Message-ID: <19970217235135.LP40831@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <199702180517.WAA17000@obie.softweyr.ml.org>; from Wes Peters on Feb 17, 1997 22:17:13 -0700 References: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970217185359.2982A-100000@darkstar> <199702180517.WAA17000@obie.softweyr.ml.org>
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> The major complaint is that it restricts the use of the software > extensively. You cannot, for instance, distribute binary-only copies of > GPL'ed software. Nor can you sell derivative works of GPL'ed software. Here is a [real life] question for you. Say someone has written fooquix and from version 0.01 to 0.49 it was GPL'ed. Then they decided they wanted to make some $$$ from it. So the next release (say 0.50) was binary only. Now obiviously 0.50 is derived work based on the GPL'ed code of 0.49. Is this allowable, or once software is under GLP it stays there? -- -- David (obrien@NUXI.com -or- obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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