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Date:      Wed, 30 May 2001 01:54:35 -0700
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        Kris Kirby <kris@catonic.net>
Cc:        Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: IPFilter not free software?
Message-ID:  <3B14B54B.5A1D2586@mindspring.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0105252254460.81045-100000@spaz.huntsvilleal.com>

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Kris Kirby wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 25 May 2001, Terry Lambert wrote:
> > This is where most GPL stuff falls apart, since the GPL
> > effectively redefines "use" to be "utilize".  The UCB
> > license doesn't have all the long-winded clauses which
> > do that: when the UCB license says "use", it meand "use".
> 
> Correct me if I am wrong, but the UCB license was written
> by a lawyer. Is this true of the GPL?

Yes.  RMS contracted it out.  The confusion is intentional.

-- Terry

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