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Date:      Tue, 23 Nov 1999 21:23:54 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
Cc:        rdls@jezebel.demon.co.uk, brett@lariat.org, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Your misconceptions about the GPL
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9911232123010.58822-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
In-Reply-To: <199911231902.MAA02665@usr06.primenet.com>

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On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, Terry Lambert wrote:
>Actually, it can restrict the original copyright holder from
>integrating patches sent to him by people whose access to the
>code was the result of them obtaining it via GPL, since the
>patches are derivative of the GPL'ed work.
If the product is distributed in source code anyway, how does this make a
difference?  Won't the improvements be incorporated one way or the other?


-jm




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