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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 12:38:35 +0200
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On 24.09.13 09:05, Bill Richards wrote:
> Hint: the code was not GPL until after 3.15p.

It was under GPL, but with an exception that had removed
its tit-for-tat aspect, if used as-is. Used, that is, like MS's
redistributables. FSF-GCC has a similar exception to this day.