Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 22:12:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Jamie Bowden <bowden@cs.odu.edu> To: Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.ai.mit.edu> Cc: nate@mt.sri.com, joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What's so evil about GPL Message-ID: <Pine.3.91.960715220959.3924A-100000@fog.cs.odu.edu> In-Reply-To: <199607152325.TAA08896@goldman.gnu.ai.mit.edu>
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On Mon, 15 Jul 1996, Joel Ray Holveck wrote: > > So you become a 'software redistribution institution' to a small > > number of folks instead of a large number of folks. :) > That's a task you already undertook. You decided to distribute the > program, even if that entails only a single tape. One method of > satisfying the GPL means handing them an extra tape with the sources. > Note that the only requirement that involves things like taking > orders, et al is in paragraph 3b, but you only need to perform one of > the qualifications in 3[abc], so giving them the source at the same > time as the binaries cleans your backside. I think you're missing the point. What is the point of developing software, when you have to give the sources to anyone who asks, and you can't stop them from redistributing from there. Jamie I have my finger on the pulse of the planet.
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