On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 01:35:37PM -0800, Lan Barnes wrote:

If putting things in the public domain were enough, there would be no GPL
and no FSF.

Goodness, not at all.  Richard has an explicit purpose different than the
public domain, that proprietary modifications will not be allowed.  Public
domain allows use for any purpose, including making proprietary products.
The GPL was created to prevent that.

David


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