Re: GNU licenses

[Alexander Terekhov]

Stefaan A Eeckels wrote:
> 
> On 4 Sep 2006 15:28:33 -0700
> alexander.terekhov@gmail.com wrote:
> 
> > Stefaan A Eeckels wrote:
> > [...]
> > > The GPL vision of software is more like how science is practiced
> >
> > Rather funny practice in the context of the GPL you're talking about.
> >
> > Most researches with the focus on industrial application (i.e.
> > something that can be used to make products right now or pretty soon;
> > and I mean most researchers in both private and "public" sector) file
> > for patents like crazy. And research papers and reports are mostly
> > all rights reserved.
> 
> Not that kind of applied crap - I mean fundamental research, like
> mathematics.

Sure me any GPL'd work of Knuth. Did he finally copylefted TAOCP?

regards,
alexander.