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From: major@pyrmania.oz (MAJOR)
Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: GPL clarification
Message-ID: <53@pyrmania.oz>
Date: 10 Feb 90 07:52:56 GMT
References: <9001292002.AA02924@adiron.adiron>
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Organization: Pyramid Technology Corporation, Perth, Western Australia
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adiron!tish@UUNET.UU.NET (Todd) writes:
>Our corporate attorney has reviewed the GNU Public License. He
>concludes that we can adhere to the license and not be forced to
>disclose sources for our own code/algorithms so long as we require our
>customer to purchase the GNU software (libraries, etc.) directly and 
>compile all appropriate pieces.  Does your organization concur with
>this interpretation of the GNU Public License?

To do this would defeat the _purpose_ of the GPL even if it was within
it's letter. If I were the FSF I would not be giving you any cause to
relax, even if I thought you might get away with it in a court.

Major
major@pyrmania.oz.au