Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 16:01:27 -0700 From: "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com> To: "Anatoly Vorobey" <mellon@pobox.com>, "Neil Blakey-Milner" <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> Cc: "Rahul Siddharthan" <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>, <chat@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: RE: Why are people against GNU? WAS Re: 5.0 already? Message-ID: <002501bfbec1$80333b70$021d85d1@youwant.to> In-Reply-To: <20000515131558.61220@techunix.technion.ac.il>
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> It was stated that you, the author, didn't have a choice, and could > not use the GPL (without modifying it) and avoid allowing your users to > choose a later version. > > That statement was not true. If RMS publically states that he will grant permission for people to apply the GPL with statements before or after it that modify its terms, I will withdraw that complaint. If not, I stand by it. As I understand it, the GPL is a piece of property that is owned. You may not use it any way other than the way the author permits you to. If Stallman grants permission solely for that particular type of modification, then my allegation will become false, but will have been true when it was made. DS To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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