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Date:      Sat, 19 Aug 2000 15:37:44 +0200 (EET)
From:      Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee>
To:        David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>
Cc:        freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Sun's web site 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000819152739.68978L-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee>
In-Reply-To: <200008190150.UAA54560@nospam.hiwaay.net>

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On Fri, 18 Aug 2000, David Kelly wrote:

> Narvi writes:
> > 
> > It is dual-licenced under SISL and GPL/LGPL. In the case it's a library
> > like thingy, it's LGPL. As Sun is going to have (just like FSF) of all
> > contributions be assigned to themselves, so supposedly all will be
> > available under 
> 
> In prior version of GPL didn't they say the revisions, even the original, 
> was assigned to FSF? Version 2, June 1991, no longer says that 
> directly. But as I've said in other posts tonight I believe the GPL 
> still forwards full rights of all changes to the original copyright 
> holder who is the only one who has the legal rights to impose GPL on 
> his code or its derivatives. Or to not impose GPL at some point.
> 

I'm pretty sure Sun knows what it is doing. So yes, theretically it might
be (for all I know) that those not playing nice by the other rules get to
meet with GPL ...

> --
> David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net
> =====================================================================
> The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its
> capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.
> 
> 

Everything written is strictly my own oppinion.



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