From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,faf964ea4531e6af X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,43ae7f61992b3213 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public From: Robert Dewar Subject: Re: GPL and "free" software Date: 1999/04/28 Message-ID: <7g7ul9$tib$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 472016755 References: <7fibd5$jc7$1@news2.tor.accglobal.net> <1rlV2.97$jw4.11389@burlma1-snr2> <7g5cb2$bjn$1@netnews.upenn.edu> <37264DE6.7AA43E60@noah.dhs.org> <7g5qgg$n7t@www.inetnow.net> <372753FF.11F381CF@noah.dhs.org> X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x6.dejanews.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 205.232.38.14 Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion X-Article-Creation-Date: Wed Apr 28 21:30:17 1999 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,gnu.misc.discuss X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.04 [en] (OS/2; I) Date: 1999-04-28T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <372753FF.11F381CF@noah.dhs.org>, "Joshua E. Rodd" wrote: > Not with the FSF's interpretation which says that "user > does the link" is impermissible. "User does the patch" > would be similar. I specifically discussed this issue with Richard Stallman recently. His position is that a patch file, even one without context, is so dependent on the original as to be equivalent to a derived work, and he is confident that a court would agree with this interpretation. > Can't be No one can be that definite (unless you are a judge :-). I would certainly agree with Richard Stallman on this point, but of course it would require a court decision to get a definitive view. -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own