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From: Barry Margolin <barmar@bbnplanet.com>
Subject: Re: GPL and "free" software
Date: 1999/05/06
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In article <7gt0is$kq5$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
Robert Dewar  <robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com> wrote:
>In article <jHmY2.473$jw4.33999@burlma1-snr2>,
>  Barry Margolin <barmar@bbnplanet.com> wrote:
>
>> I wasn't referring only to patch files, but all the varieties of things
>> that have been discussed in this thread or which RMS considers to be
>> derived works, such as dynamically-linked objects, plug-ins, etc.  Some of
>> them are not necessarily new concepts (Multics has used dynamic linking
>> since the 60's) but didn't see widespread use until relatively recently, so
>> there hasn't been much experience with applying copyright law to them.
>
>This thread has been specifically about patch files, not about other varieties
>of things. If you want to broaden it out fine, but probably you should start
>another thread and restrict it to gnu.misc.discuss.

This thread has many branches discussing many different things.  I barely
remember what it was originally about (the original message has expired on
my server and I don't feel like searching DejaNews); I think this may be
the thread that started with a question about how the GPL related to Ada
and C++ templates (I think that's why it was cross-posted to
comp.lang.ada).

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