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From: jclf@kaiwan.com (Jason Fordham)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: I hope this wont ignite a major flame war, but Ive got to know!
Date: 31 Jul 1994 09:20:39 -0700
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References: <michaelv.775258457@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu> <1994Jul28.185721.25480@rosevax.rosemount.com> <31bkd5$76h@kaiwan.kaiwan.com> <CtrE0v.A2A@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>
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In article <CtrE0v.A2A@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>,
Richard Tobin <richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
>I just read the GPL, and I can't see anything that prohibits code
>extracts.  Can you (or the Jolitzes it they're reading) explain 
>which part of it contains this prohibition?

I can't, I'm afraid: all my Dr. Dobbs' are in England, and I have no 
access to any code at all at present :-(

If anyone has access to the Dr. Dobbs articles, there was a call-out box
in one of them which explained the Jolitzes' position. If anyone who has 
access to the articles could post a summary, Mr. Tobin might be satisfied.