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Re: GNU License, Again
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David Kastrup |
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Re: GNU License, Again |
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Sat, 26 May 2007 23:13:44 +0200 |
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"Alfred M. Szmidt" <ams@gnu.org> writes:
> So Richard talks explicitly about the _goal_ of the GPL, and he does
> this immediately before listing a number of projects that set out to
> create proprietary projects, and then were forced by their use of
> GPLed software to license them under the GPL.
>
> Which is to keep GPL software free, in this case, it kept GCC free.
Reality check. GCC did not have a C++ frontend previously. So it did
not "keep" what constituted GCC "free", but rather added something new
to it.
> And one way for MCC to comply was to license their changes under the
> GPL. Again, thank you for proving my point.
You really love that sentence, even though it is hilariously wrong
time and again.
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
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