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Re: SPF makes the BBC

2004-09-06 00:43:35
Koen Martens <spf(_at_)metro(_dot_)cx> writes:

The article is incorrect though in that it reports that the license
creates problems for 'users', which is not true. End users are not
afflicted by the license, developers and distributors are. For the rest,
an excellent article.

Though is it not true that in the case of GPL and other FOSS licences
that each user is also a potential developer and distributer? GPL and
other licences give the user the authority to change the code and
distribute the changed code. Unless I have mis-read the GPL, it is not
permissible to distribute code under the GPL unless the distributer has
the right to grant the recipient the right to amend and distribute the
code under the GPL.


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