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Subject: Re: Ada in Debian: most libraries will switch to the pure GPL in Etch
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Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org> writes:

> "Dr. Adrian Wrigley" <amtw@linuxchip.demon.co.uk.uk.uk> writes:
> 
> > As regards the GPL, it appears to be a perpetual, sub-licensable,
> > non-revocable (absense of breaches) licence.  The GMGPL terms add to
> > this, but don't change these basic features.
> 
> The GPL includes statements about transferability, the modifications
> don't (but there is nothing to say they _don't_ transfer, so one might
> expect the GPL provisions to apply).

Exactly. 

Regards -- Markus