[gnu-pl] address@hidden: Re: 'General Public' or 'General, Public'?]

[Artur Skura]

To wyjaśnia ;) W pewnym sensie mieliśmy rację ;)

Pozdrowienia,
Artur
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> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 09:47:25 -0600 (MDT)
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>     General: because it applies to various kinds of software?
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> It does apply to various kinds, but that is not particularly an
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> The best meaning now is that it can apply to any software package.
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>     Public: because it's designed to be used in software distributed publicly,
>     as opposed to in-house projects?
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> Because it gives rights to the public.
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>     We would be grateful for short clarification, as it's possible someone
>     may ask what's the origin of the name of GPL.
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> The *origin* is a separate question.  Unfortunately, I don't remember
> the answer, which means nobody knows it.  Perhaps I was thinking "This
> is a license for the general public."  At that time, that interpretation
> of "general" was the only possible one.
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> However, today the most useful interpretation of "general" is the other one,
> that you can release your own programs under it and anyone can use it.
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