Re: Article: IBM wants to "clean up the license" of Linux

Mike A. Harris (mharris@ican.net)
Wed, 23 Dec 1998 11:49:27 -0500 (EST)

On Sun, 20 Dec 1998 ralf@uni-koblenz.de wrote:

>> Then they should clearly read the GPL, decide what they can
>> legal do, and not do, and then abide by the legalities of the GPL
>> license. If that means that they can't do something that they'd
>> like to... tough cookies. GPL is GPL for good reason. To
>> prevent commercial exploitation of GPL source code
>
>No. The GPL was designed to restrict the right to restrict rights.

You're perfectly entitled to that opinion Ralf. The GPL was not
designed for that purpose at all however as you well know.
Perhaps some people see "restricted rights", but then again,
people see whatever they want to see in anything nowadays...

TTYL

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Mike A. Harris  -  Computer Consultant  -  Linux advocate


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