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Re: [Matt Asay Tells The Truth] Stallman: GPL doesn't guarantee software
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chrisv |
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Re: [Matt Asay Tells The Truth] Stallman: GPL doesn't guarantee software freedom |
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Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:30:59 -0500 |
David Kastrup wrote:
>Alexander Terekhov <terekhov@web.de> writes:
>>
>> Apart from that, "or later" is utter legal nonsense because absent
>> sublicensing, the "later" license terms may come into effect only by
>> the affirmative act of the copyright holder and for that nobody needs
>> "or later" clause.
Idiot.
>Nonsense. The "affirmative act" is accomplished in advance when the
>copyright holder acts according to the recommendation:
>
> How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
>
> If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
>possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
>free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
>
> To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest
>to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
>state the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
>the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
>
> <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
> Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
>
> This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
> it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
> (at your option) any later version.
>
>[...]
It's "real difficult" to understand that plain language, eh?
Sheesh, these anti-freedom trolls are incredibly dishonest and stupid.
--
Question: Are you actually claiming that because linux supports NTFS
and VFAT it should also defrag them?
Hadron Quark's answer: Yes.
- Re: [Matt Asay Tells The Truth] Stallman: GPL doesn't guarantee software freedom, (continued)
- Re: [Matt Asay Tells The Truth] Stallman: GPL doesn't guarantee software freedom, Alexander Terekhov, 2009/10/21
- Re: [Matt Asay Tells The Truth] Stallman: GPL doesn't guarantee software freedom, Alexander Terekhov, 2009/10/21
- Re: [Matt Asay Tells The Truth] Stallman: GPL doesn't guarantee software freedom, David Kastrup, 2009/10/21
- Re: [Matt Asay Tells The Truth] Stallman: GPL doesn't guarantee software freedom, Alexander Terekhov, 2009/10/21
- Re: [Matt Asay Tells The Truth] Stallman: GPL doesn't guarantee software freedom, David Kastrup, 2009/10/21
- Re: [Matt Asay Tells The Truth] Stallman: GPL doesn't guarantee software freedom, Alexander Terekhov, 2009/10/21
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