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Re: Do I have to release the patch for a GPL software under GPL?
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David Kastrup |
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Re: Do I have to release the patch for a GPL software under GPL? |
Date: |
Sat, 13 May 2006 12:36:15 +0200 |
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gordonb.olt45@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) writes:
> Sorry, FSF, there's nothing you can do about this. I don't need a
> license from you to distribute the patch. It's not derived [hint:
> this is a term defined specifically for copyright law] from your
> software, so I don't need your license. The fact that the patch is
> useless without GPL software is irrelevant - that's not the way
> copyright law works. Gas engines are useless without gas, but that
> doesn't mean I need a license from an oil company to sell engines.
Because oil is a substance, not a medium with copyable content.
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
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- Re: Do I have to release the patch for a GPL software under GPL?, Gordon Burditt, 2006/05/15
- Re: Do I have to release the patch for a GPL software under GPL?, Alexander Terekhov, 2006/05/15
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- Re: Do I have to release the patch for a GPL software under GPL?, David Kastrup, 2006/05/13
- Re: Do I have to release the patch for a GPL software under GPL?, Alexander Terekhov, 2006/05/13