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From: James Youngman <james@no-such-thing-as-a.free-lunch.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [O/T 4 cla] Re: GPL and "free" software
Date: 1999/05/04
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"Joshua E. Rodd" <jerodd@iiinet.dhs.org> writes:

> Leslie Mikesell wrote:
> > Now, if you never redistribute any GPL'd material you don't
> > need the copyright exception that the GPL gives you, so
> > why does it matter if you violate this licence by exchanging
> > patches?
> 
> The patch is a derived work; you are not licenced to make
> copies of the copyrighted code unless you agree to the licence.

What about "diff -e"?

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