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Re: publicity ...

On Sun, 16 Feb 1997, Ben Pfaff wrote:

> >On Sat, Feb 15 1997 16:25 +0100 "Orn E. Hansen" writes:
> >> So, free in future may just as well be associated with software,
> >> that has been recoded by a foundation to be able to strip
> >> the original authors of any rights to the code, so it can be
> >> commercial.
> >
> >That's why we use the GPL.
>
> The GPL can't protect from this sort of attack--as with any sort of
> copyright protection, it can't cover what the program does or how it
> acts (it's not a patent). It just ensures that the specific code base
> of the program is never made nonfree. If someone recodes the program
> then that recoded version can certainly be kept nonfree.

what's the problem with that?

copyright covers implementation, not ideas.


software patents are evil, especially when they're granted to huge
corporations who suddenly "discover" techniques that have been in use
for 20 years.

craig


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