Re: IBM doesn't like the GPL

[Alexander Terekhov]

Hyman Rosen wrote:
> 
> Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> > Hyman Rosen wrote:
> >> Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> >>> The term "combined work" is not used in
> >>> <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html>
> >> GPLv2 calls it "a work based on the Program".
> > "means either the Program or any derivative work under copyright law".
> 
>      "that is to say, a work containing the Program or a portion of it,
>       either verbatim or with modifications and/or translated into another
>       language."

That is just incorrect paraphrase of the operative words preceding "that
is to say". Don't you know that ambiguities in licenses/contracts are
interpreted strictly against the licensor/drafter?

regards,
alexander.

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