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From: brnstnd@stealth.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein)
Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.sources.d,alt.sources.d
Subject: Alternative to the GPL posted in alt.sources
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Date: 5 May 90 14:27:21 GMT
Reply-To: brnstnd@stealth.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein)
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I've posted in alt.sources a first draft of a complete GPL alternative.
I designed it with help from a lawyer, but I haven't gotten any paid
opinions yet; if you have it reviewed, I'd love to hear the results---
for confidence if they're good or for improvement if they're bad.

The basic difference is that a simple limited copyright replaces the
license. There are a few minor semantic differences, meant to handle
real-world cases better. And there's an explanatory file, WHY, posing
and answering some questions.

By the way, my future programs will also be placed under this copyright,
except that I still prefer tight control over distribution of modified
versions and have the copyright limitations simplified accordingly. As
usual, I have neither the right nor the desire to control distribution
of separately packaged patches, provided that they don't give away too
much of my code on the fringes; but I want each installer to know what
patches have gone into his version, so that I don't go chasing ghosts.

---Dan