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From: jbuck@epimass.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: v15INF4: Ignore the copyright on the cu-shell posting
Message-ID: <2296@epimass.EPI.COM>
Date: 12 Jul 88 16:46:22 GMT
References: <981@fig.bbn.com>
Reply-To: jbuck@epimass.EPI.COM (Joe Buck)
Organization: Entropic Processing, Inc., Cupertino, CA
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In article <981@fig.bbn.com> rsalz@uunet.uu.net (Rich Salz) writes:
>While I recognize that the GNU license causes problems for lots of people,
>and that others just don't like it, it doesn't bother me so I'll probably
>make an exception for that. Similar for the style of copyright Henry
>Spencer used on his "strings" library. Rank has its privileges.
Hell, Rich. The GNU license is one of the most restrictive licenses
around. How can you accept the GNU license and reject, say, the
type of copyright Larry Wall uses:
> Perl Kit, Version 2.0
>
> Copyright (c) 1988, Larry Wall
>
>You may copy the perl kit in whole or in part as long as you don't try to
>make money off it, or pretend that you wrote it.
As for any copyright on the cu-shell posting, seems to me we can't
ignore it. If you had a question you should have rejected the
stuff in question.
As for me, I'll continue to use Larry Wall's style of copyright
when I post something. Why? Just because I'm vain enough to
enjoy getting credit, I suppose. Almost everything I've seen
from the sources groups that's any good has some kind of copyright
on it, anyway.
Rather than a "no copyright" rule, may I suggest a different set of rules:
* The copyright, if any, must allow the program to be freely distributable.
* Forbid asking for a cash donation or royalty.
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