Re: "proprietary", was Re: ada on linux

[Ted Dennison <dennison@telepath.com>]

In article <8h0mt3$d5j$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
  Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com> wrote:
> Consider the following situation. Party A holds the copyright
> to some code X and releases it under the GPL.
>
> Party B makes a useful modification. He holds the copyright
> on this modification. He posts on the net
>
> "I have a really nice modification here to the code X"
>
> That does NOT mean that anyone is free to use this modification
> unless party B very explicitly releases the modification under
> the GPL.

Well, I don't go and grab random code off the net to put in the
baseline. Everything in OpenToken was either written by me or was
submitted to me via (acrhived) email for the express purpose of being
incorporated into the GMGPL baseline. But it certainly couldn't hurt to
formailze this process a bit more. I'd hate for there to be a
misunderstanding.

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