On Sunday, March 3, 2002, at 11:42 p, John Cowan wrote: > So you argue that the GPL is immoral? It imposes after-the-fact > restrictions on redistribution; they just serve different purposes > than the "not-to-be-used-by-the-South-African-police" license.
I don't mean to argue his case, but I don't think it does: my understanding is that it does not usurp the rights you have when you get it; it offers an agreement which you can accept or not. All the normal rights of buying a book correspond to the rights of buying a CD with GPL'd software on it; you are offered an additional agreement on top of that. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3
