Re: GPL violations: make it harder

From: Andrew McNabb (amcnabb@mcnabbs.org)
Date: Mon Sep 04 2000 - 23:35:20 EST

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On Mon, 4 Sep 2000, Andre Hedrick wrote:

> There was no "GNU licence violation", because there is no GNU licence in a
> patch.

You automatically own an implicit copyright on anything you create.
Regardless of whether you specify a license for code you write,
anyone who steals it is breaking the law. The GNU license, if
specified, allows people to use your code if they agree to your
terms.

-- Andrew McNabb amcnabb@mcnabbs.org http://www.mcnabbs.org/

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