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Date:      Tue, 9 Apr 2002 03:28:52 +0100
From:      Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
Cc:        Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>, Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr>, Greg Pavelcak <gpav@som.umass.edu>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Use/Utilize
Message-ID:  <20020409032852.A30794@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
In-Reply-To: <3CAF79CA.CB4D14B8@mindspring.com>; from tlambert2@mindspring.com on Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 02:42:18PM -0800
References:  <20020406171612.A17530@chiark.greenend.org.uk> <3CAF79CA.CB4D14B8@mindspring.com>

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On Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 02:42:18PM -0800, Terry Lambert wrote:
> Tony Finch wrote:
> > Section 0 says:
> > 
> > : Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not
> > : covered by this License; they are outside its scope.  The act of
> > : running the Program is not restricted, and the output from the Program
> > : is covered only if its contents constitute a work based on the
> > : Program (independent of having been made by running the Program).
> > : Whether that is true depends on what the Program does.
> > 
> > This is generally true for copyright law.
> 
> So now everyone who writes code is expected to be well read in
> copyright?

No, but people who argue loudly and at great length about the GPL
are expected to have read the relevant parts.

Tony.

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