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From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: what DOES the GPL really say?
Date: 1997/07/05
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Les said

<<Hmmm, so if it is in your best interest you can ignore the GPL mandate
to allow unlimited redistribution if you distribute at all?  Why doesn't
this philosophy apply to everyone else?
>>

The GPL is not a mandate, or a piece of philosophy, it is a legal contract
in the form of a license, that allows people to do certain things with
the code. You certainly cannot ignore this contract, and if you are
dealing with the GPL, you must follow the letter of this contract
exactly. No one has suggested otherwise. 

You certainly cannot prevent unlimited redistribution of anything you
distribute that is subject to the GPL. No one has suggested that you can.