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Re: GNU License, Again
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Alfred M. Szmidt |
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Re: GNU License, Again |
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Tue, 22 May 2007 10:05:15 +0200 (CEST) |
On May 21, 4:21 pm, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote:
> mike3 <mike4...@yahoo.com> writes:
> > He would not have to "bargain" for any copy of the GPL program. And
> > it (the GPL program) would not have a different license -- the only
> > thing that has a different license is the non-GPL program.
>
> But the non-GPL program has no use of its own.
>
Oh, since it depends _vitally_ on the GPL one.
> >> The GPL is intended to guarantee the freedom of the code itself
> >> _and_ descendants.
>
> > And the non-GPL code suddenly then becomes a "descendant" of the GPL
> > code the instant it is made dependent on the GPL code in _any_ way,
> > shape, or form?
>
> No. The linked executable containing both parts is the descendant.
> And the court may very well decide that you are in effect performing
> distribution of this descendant if your code has no other viable
> purpose, and if there is no viable non-GPLed source.
>
So then even if both are _not_ linked together, since one
_vitally_ depends on the other, then it is considered a single
program regardless of separate distribution of the components.
It seems then that the GNU license is designed not just to protect
a piece of free code's freedom, but to _create more free code_.
It is meant to protect free software so that free software stays free.
If you use a library, and a non-free program, the end result is not
free software, and the GPL protects us from people who wish to do
mischeif like that.
Re: GNU License, Again, mike3, 2007/05/21
- Re: GNU License, Again, David Kastrup, 2007/05/21
- Re: GNU License, Again, Alexander Terekhov, 2007/05/21
- Re: GNU License, Again, mike3, 2007/05/21
- Re: GNU License, Again, David Kastrup, 2007/05/21
- Re: GNU License, Again, Richard Tobin, 2007/05/21
- Re: GNU License, Again, mike3, 2007/05/21
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- Re: GNU License, Again, Alexander Terekhov, 2007/05/22
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Re: GNU License, Again, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2007/05/22
Re: GNU License, Again, John Hasler, 2007/05/22
Re: GNU License, Again, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2007/05/22
Re: GNU License, Again, David Kastrup, 2007/05/22
Re: GNU License, Again, Alexander Terekhov, 2007/05/22
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