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Date:      Sun, 19 Sep 1999 13:41:42 -0500
From:      Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com>
To:        Shigio Yamaguchi <shigio@tamacom.com>
Cc:        Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: GNU GLOBAL
Message-ID:  <19990919134142.M12328@holly.calldei.com>
In-Reply-To: <199909191730.CAA01063@tamacom.com>
References:  <wes@softweyr.com> <199909191730.CAA01063@tamacom.com>

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On Mon, Sep 20, 1999, Shigio Yamaguchi wrote:
> But GPLed command brings no problem, because the rest of the system just
> "utilize" it, not "use it. GPL is not applied to "utilize". So the rest of
> the system is safe from GPL.

   You cannot modify and incorporate a GPL command into a product
which is sold in binary form only.  You also cannot do such
things with an embedded Unix system using said command.

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|Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com>
|My mail reader can beat up your mail reader.
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