Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2003 09:51:32 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr> Cc: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org> Subject: Re: Ugly Huge BSD Monster Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20030905094945.02cbe8b0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20030905033417.GA1374@online.fr> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20030904205452.03b38c40@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20030904135920.03aab5e0@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20030904205124.038334c0@localhost>
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At 09:34 PM 9/4/2003, Rahul Siddharthan wrote: >Brett Glass wrote: >> If you view GPLed code, and then write something similar, you are >> open to claims that your work is derivative of the GPLed code and >> therefore must likewise be GPLed. > >You are open to the same sort of claims if you view closed-source code >(under, say, an NDA, or in a book where the authors have not >relinquished copyright for the code). Yes, you are. >However, with the GPL, the FSF or whoever owns the copyrights will be >satisfied if you remove the offending code fragments: Not true. If the GPL is enforceable (which I believe it's not, but I do not have the money for a test case), they've gotcha. Remember, the GPL says that it's permanent and irrevocable. --Brett Glass
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