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From: eric@cfi.COM (eric)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Questions about "Free Software Foundation"
Message-ID: <605@venus.UUCP>
Date: 28 Sep 89 13:18:41 GMT
References: <980@mrsvr.UUCP> <6590268@hplsla.HP.COM>
Reply-To: eric@venus.UUCP (Eric Read -CFI-)
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In article <6590268@hplsla.HP.COM> jima@hplsla.HP.COM (Jim Adcock) writes:
>has been legally tested.  "Fair Usage" rules certainly apply here, but what is 
>"fair use" when an author publicly states he doesn't really want his
>work used for commercial purposes?  ...I suspect the courts might find a very

Stallman has said that he is perfectly happy to have his work used for
commercial purposes.  The copyleft does not prevent you from using it
for any commercial product or service.  You "just" have to make your
source available to the customer.

Maybe instead of "commercial", you meant "profitable"? :-)

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