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- From: Gregory Aharonian <srctran@world.std.com>
- To: patents@aful.org, antoine.hulin@criltechnology.com
- Subject: RE: [Patents] Research on Free Software Economics
- Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 13:18:40 -0500 (EST)
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Could you explain why a GPLed software is equivalent to a public domain
software?
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You are right - GPL is more restrictive more controlling than public
domain software. Though given copyright's impotence with regards to
software, and GPL's reliance on copyright, GPL is effectively public
domain anyways.
Greg Aharonian
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