Re: EASTERBROOK's "quick look" on the GPL and Wallace's claim

[Richard Tobin]

In article <455480A1.53DB30A0@web.de>,
Alexander Terekhov  <terekhov@web.de> wrote:

>Copyleft
>requires all licensees to surrender right to charge for derivative 
>works.

No, it *gives* you the right to distribute derivative works subject to
certain conditions, which is a right that you wouldn't otherwise have
at all.

Try exercising your "right" to distribute derivative works of
Microsoft Windows for a charge, and see how far you get.

-- Richard
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