Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001 09:22:17 -0600 From: "Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1009639338.5ebc84@mired.org> To: swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen) Cc: dwalton@acm.org, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Does Linux violate the GPL? Message-ID: <15399.18473.712730.309116@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <09n109t93i.109@localhost.localdomain> References: <20011223153232.4b562a74.dwalton@acm.org> <15398.28461.605242.845831@guru.mired.org> <20011223161559.0f20faa8.dwalton@acm.org> <09n109t93i.109@localhost.localdomain>
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Gary W. Swearingen <swear@blarg.net> types: > Dave Walton <dwalton@acm.org> writes: > > Rats. I knew there was going to be a mistake in my wording somewhere. > > When I wrote "use", I was thinking of something along the lines of > > "incorporate and distribute". > And when Mike wrote "use" (in "Neither BSDL nor GPL place any > restrictions on *use* of the covered work."), he was apparently thinking > of something along the lines of "execute" Actually, I meant pretty much anything that doesn't include exercising a copyright. > Let's all keep in mind that source code has many uses > and using just "use" is likely to be ambiguous or just wrong. Mike's > statement (without the BSDL part) is common misleading GNU-speak used in > their propaganda. The fact is that both BSDL and GPL place restrictions > on the use of the covered work. If not, we would say the work is in the > public domain. The BSDL - as it exists in /COPYRIGHT - places no restrictions whatsoever on the use of the software if you don't exercise a copyright. It *does* place restrictions on mentioning features and use of the software - which have since been retracted - and on the use of the name of the University. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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