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donaldr3 - 10 years ago 2014-03-21 23:10:17
donald@copyrighteous.office.fsf.org
the gpl
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@@ -3738,7 +3738,7 @@ Terms to Your New Programs'' to just the bare essentials.
 
As we have seen in our consideration of the GPL, its text is specifically
 
designed to cover all possible derivative works under copyright law. Our
 
goal in designing the GPL was to make sure that any derivative work of GPL'd
 
software was itself released under GPL when distributed. Reaching as far
 
software was itself released under the GPL when distributed. Reaching as far
 
as copyright law will allow is the most direct way to reach that goal.
 

	
 
However, while the strategic goal is to bring as much Free Software
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@@ -3773,7 +3773,7 @@ libraries on a Free Software operating system (which in fact happens today
 
on modern GNU/Linux systems, which all use the GNU C Library).
 

	
 
Unlike existing GNU application software, however, the licensing
 
implications of releasing the GNU C Library (``glibc'') under GPL were
 
implications of releasing the GNU C Library (``glibc'') under the GPL were
 
somewhat different. Applications released under GPL would never
 
themselves become part of proprietary software. However, if glibc were
 
released under GPL, it would require that any application distributed for
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