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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD
Date: 12 Dec 1995 06:24:50 GMT
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
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References: <489kuu$rbo@pelican.cs.ucla.edu> <DJ6y7H.MIE@kroete2.freinet.de> <4a6fgo$6lg@agate.berkeley.edu> <4a7d9p$860@muirwood.convex.com> <4a84gs$df@dyson.iquest.net> <4a9uuo$acs@muirwood.convex.com>
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ldaffner@convex.com (Larry Daffner) wrote:
]
] In <4a84gs$df@dyson.iquest.net> root@dyson.iquest.net (John S. Dyson) writes:
]
] >In article <4a7d9p$860@muirwood.convex.com>,
] >Larry Daffner <ldaffner@convex.com> wrote:
] >>
] >>1) If you distribute a binary for GPL-covered software, you must
] >>ensure that the recipients have access to the source. It doesn't mean
] >>that you can't do binary only distributions of say, emacs. But if you
] >>do, and the recipient wants source, it's your responsibility to make
] >>sure they can get it, and make any improvements they wish.
] >>
] >Encumberance #1... worse than the BSD copyright...
]
] No this is not an encumberance. It just says that I have to allow the
] same freedom to someone else as I myself have. So, for instance, if I
] compile emacs, and distribute it as a binary, it's my responsibility
] to let people know how they can get the source code, so that they can
] make their own modifications if they so desire.
You are clinically insane if you do not believe that nominating
yourself as an emacs source distribution center for two years is
a disincentive for people who might otherwise make binary copies
of emacs available.
Terry Lambert
terry@cs.weber.edu
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.