From owner-freebsd-chat Sun May 14 18: 6:43 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from shell.webmaster.com (ftp.webmaster.com [209.10.218.74]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D16A37B81F for ; Sun, 14 May 2000 18:06:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from davids@webmaster.com) Received: from whenever ([209.133.29.2]) by shell.webmaster.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-12345L500S10000V35) with SMTP id com; Sun, 14 May 2000 18:05:24 -0700 From: "David Schwartz" To: "Anatoly Vorobey" , "Thomas M. Sommers" Cc: Subject: RE: Why are people against GNU? WAS Re: 5.0 already? Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 18:06:32 -0700 Message-ID: <001801bfbe09$ced4d120$021d85d1@youwant.to> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2377.0 In-Reply-To: <20000514093934.10200@techunix.technion.ac.il> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4029.2901 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > It is the choice of the author to use the words "GPL version 2 (or any > later version) applies to this software" or "GPL version 2, and solely > that version, applies to this software", or nothing (which implies the > earlier choice). The author has the choice. > > Anatoly Vorobey, Do you have Stallman's permission to make and use a derived work from the GPL? The GPL is copyrighted after all. You don't think Stallman would give up the incredible power he has -- he can change the licensing terms of every single piece of software covered by the GPL at his whim. Not even the individual authors can do as the GPL reserves the right only for him. DS PS: If I had to contest the GPL in court, one argument I would definitely make is that the copyright on the GPL prevents people from negotiating terms. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message