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WASTE and the GPL, plus a patch for the code

Subject: WASTE and the GPL, plus a patch for the code
From: dsr at tao.merseine.nu (dsr at tao.merseine.nu)
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 21:30:57 +0000
In-reply-to: <20030602210454.GB5733@sophic.org>
References: <200306010253.h512rHf01612@dell.billhorne.homelinux.org> <004701c32904$1d1f62b0$4a0a0a0a@AGIN2> <200306021332.h52DWJh2017647@dsl092-065-009.bos1.dsl.speakeasy.net> <20030602135845.GC5057@sophic.org> <20030602151417.GA13640@tao.merseine.nu> <20030602210454.GB5733@sophic.org>

On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 05:04:54PM -0400, Derek Martin wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA1
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> On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 03:14:17PM +0000, dsr at tao.merseine.nu wrote:
> > It's not a contract because it isn't governed by contract law, it's
> > governed by copyright law.
> 
> This is not correct.  Copyright law stipulates very specific rights of
> the author and of non-authors with regards to a work covered by
> copyright law.  By contrast:

Well, looks like I was completely wrong. I apologize.

-dsr-

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