On Aug 12, 9:36 pm, John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wrote: > > No, it's a license granting conditional permission for recipients of > > copies to distribute the software. No license is required to use it. > mike3 writes: > > But the permission is granted to the user. I didn't say you need some > > other license to use the GPL. > > In the US you don't need _any_ license to use software of which you own a > copy. The GPL grants conditional permission to distribute. If you do not > distribute you need not accept the GPL. You can just use the program as > permitted by copyright law.
But the GPL does not impose a restriction on the person _creating_ the software who intends to release it under the GPL, right? > -- > John Hasler > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Dancing Horse Hill > Elmwood, WI USA _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
