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Re: making a non-GPLed module
- To: Adi Stav <stav(at-nospam)actcom.co.il>
- Subject: Re: making a non-GPLed module
- From: <frodo(at-nospam)sharat.co.il>
- Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 12:31:20 +0200 (IST)
- cc: Linux-IL Mailing List <linux-il(at-nospam)cs.huji.ac.il>
- In-Reply-To: <20011129141203.P25656@wilma.stav>
- Sender: linux-il-bounce(at-nospam)cs.huji.ac.il
AS>> If you write free and GPL-compatible software, you're free from
AS>> the burden of lawyers. If you want to be a smartass and to try
Which means "GPL software is only for those who writes GPL software". That
gets as "free" as Iranian law - if you like it, you are certainly very
free and happy in Iran. The problem would come if you happen to dislike
it...
AS>> This would be a clear-cut example of fair use.
Tell me now, why, buying a copy of MS Word, I cannot run it on 200
computers? I didn't sign any contract, so I owe nothing to nobody. I own a
legally-obtained copy. Which law exactly prohibits me from doing it?
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