Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!nic.MR.NET!thor.acc.stolaf.edu!mike 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 References: <6602@thor.acc.stolaf.edu> <110004@gore.com> <2247@munnari.oz.au> Reply-To: mike@thor.stolaf.edu () Organization: St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN Lines: 22 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