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: 1025b4,1d8ab55e71d08f3d X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,1efdd369be089610 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) Subject: Re: what DOES the GPL really say? Date: 1997/06/29 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 253471599 References: <33B014E3.3343@no.such.com> <5oqp9s$7vj$1@news.nyu.edu> <33B13BF6.79C7@no.such.com> <33B2ABA6.2A44C487@link.com> <33B2EC92.228@does.not.exist.com> <5p50av$65i@camel3.mindspring.com> <5p61v0$e3b@camel1.mindspring.com> Organization: New York University Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,gnu.misc.discuss Date: 1997-06-29T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Isaac says <> That's probably true. it is interesting that the mainframe world is very different from the PC or Unix worlds here. It is very common for mainframe application code to be delivered with source code, allowing customization -- but the users of such code are very aware that what they can do with this source code is quite limited .... In a way the term "copyleft" has tended to cloud the issue as well. I have heard people say things like "Oh that code is not copyrighted, it is copyleft code". Even people who should know better make mistakes. Recently the European Space Agency issued a tender in which they listed GNAT and other GNU tools as "public domain". (they have received a polite but firm letter insisting that they correct this incorrect categorization!)