Re: Did I finally figure out the rationale?

[Rui Miguel Silva Seabra]

Sáb, 2007-05-26 às 13:37 -0700, mike3 escreveu:
(...)

> the GPL program, but of software in general. However it would
> be unreasonable to include a demand that in exchange for using
> a GPL program at all then one must make _all_ software they
> are developing free (as then it becomes a contract), it only does
> what is reasonable -- set out how derivatives can be distributed
> if one wants to make them. So then we are led naturally to the
> "copyleft" system.
> 
> Now, is this right?

I believe you're starting to get it.

Please ignore Terekhov-robot's 17USC109 answer. That would be true if
one were talking of physical objects, which software is *not*. Maybe you
could get a case of similar properties if one talked about moving a
piece of software instead of copying it, but copying... you know...
doesnt' remove the original to create the second one...

Rui

-- 
+ No matter how much you do, you never do enough -- unknown
+ Whatever you do will be insignificant,
| but it is very important that you do it -- Gandhi
+ So let's do it...?

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