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: 103376,1efdd369be089610 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,1d8ab55e71d08f3d X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public From: Ronald Cole Subject: Re: what DOES the GPL really say? Date: 1997/07/29 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 260288032 Sender: ronald@devo.ridgenet.net References: <5ph4g5$sbs$1@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <5pim4l$5m3$1@news.nyu.edu> <5ptv7r$4e2$1@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <5pu5va$64o$1@news.nyu.edu> <5qdof6$iav$1@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <5r3dfk$891@camel4.mindspring.com> <5r6kbt$8g6@camel4.mindspring.com> Organization: RidgeNet - SLIP/PPP Internet, Ridgecrest, CA. (760) 371-3501 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,gnu.misc.discuss Date: 1997-07-29T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Isaac@yellow.submarine.pla (Isaac) writes: > In article , Ronald Cole wrote: > >Not at all! Yes, everyone on earth who wants it should be able to get > >it, but that doesn't necessarily mean from you... Unless of course > >you are hoarding, in which case they can only get it from you. I > >can't think of a better way to make such persons reevaluate their > >behavior with respect to the GNU Manifesto. > > So any individual person who is asked can say no correct? So if I only > distribute the code to a few persons who also don't feel like > re-distributing, you still might not be able to get the code. If said individual is not the author, he should at least be required to tell you where he got it. It is the author who should not be allowed to say no once he has engaged in the act of "distributing" GPL'd software. -- Forte International, P.O. Box 1412, Ridgecrest, CA 93556-1412 Ronald Cole Phone: (760) 499-9142 President, CEO Fax: (760) 499-9152 My PGP fingerprint: E9 A8 E3 68 61 88 EF 43 56 2B CE 3E E9 8F 3F 2B