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Re: "Preferred form for making modifications"
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Stefaan A Eeckels |
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Re: "Preferred form for making modifications" |
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Mon, 27 Feb 2006 16:16:51 +0100 |
On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 14:39:10 +0000 (UTC)
"Bernd Jendrissek" <berndj@prism.co.za> wrote:
> I'm not aware of any other licences that prohibit further restrictions
> on downstream recipients. As a more or less kind-hearted head of an
> otherwise evil empire, you might be willing to give away your
> abandonware, but unwilling to allow others to turn your product back
> into a proprietary mini-monopoly.
I suppose the risk is pretty low or it wouldn't be abandonware. But the
fact that the GPL makes this impossible might sway kind-hearted evil
overlords.
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Stefaan
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