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From: mike@thor.acc.stolaf.edu (Mike Haertel)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Questions about "Free Software Foundation" (long)
Message-ID: <6702@thor.acc.stolaf.edu>
Date: 29 Sep 89 17:18:37 GMT
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In article <2247@munnari.oz.au> ok@cs.mu.oz.au (Richard O'Keefe) writes:
>Go read the copyleft.  That's not what it says.  The copyleft says
>    "You may copy and distribute the Program (or a portion or derivative
>     of it ...) provided that you ...
>     accompany it it with a written offer, valid for at least three
>     years, to give ***ANY*** ***THIRD PARTY*** free ... a complete
>     machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code ..."

Once again Mr. O'Keefe opens his mouth (figuratively speaking, I guess)
and nonsense comes out.  This purported quote of the Copyleft omits
quite a bit, including some if-then clauses that make it mean something
quite different from what you see here.  It appears Mr. O'Keefe is
deliberately attempting to deceive the readers of this group.  A
previous response of mine quotes in full the relevant portion of the
license; read it yourself and draw your own conclusions.

I can only wonder what his motives are.  I will not respond to any further
postings of his.
-- 
Mike Haertel 
``There's nothing remarkable about it.  All one has to do is hit the right
  keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.'' -- J. S. Bach