It's the magic of Copyright, er, Copyleft.

Post #219,204 by Another Scott 8/13/05 8:33:55 PM Reply	It's the magic of Copyright, er, Copyleft. That's what it comes down to. [link\|http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/copyleft.html\|Copyleft]: Copyleft says that anyone who redistributes the software, with or without changes, must pass along the freedom to further copy and change it. Copyleft guarantees that every user has freedom. [...] To copyleft a program, we first state that it is copyrighted; then we add distribution terms, which are a legal instrument that gives everyone the rights to use, modify, and redistribute the program's code or any program derived from it but only if the distribution terms are unchanged. Thus, the code and the freedoms become legally inseparable. Cheers, Scott.
Post #219,209 by Ashton 8/13/05 8:59:12 PM Reply	OK, clear enough re intent Actualization seems to depend on the capacity for ceaseless, daily defense against hordes of locusts; nay LOCUSTS -- insects large enough to run a country (one as as believes still(?) that "its citizens do the 'running'".) Locust-proof GPL - are we There yet? Yeah Copy-left has a nice ring to it in any case; at very least, it shall produce apoplexy amidst the $class, merely upon hearing those 4 letters arranged in that horrifying sequence.
Post #219,217 by Another Scott 8/13/05 9:26:20 PM Reply	Well, they are Godless Communists and it's Unconstitutional. [image\|/forums/images/warning.png\|0\|This is sarcasm...] :-) So far, the GPL has held up very well. It'll probably help do in SCO too because they [link\|http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050809082902461\|apparently included GPL code in the Linux Kernel Personality feature of SCO UnixWare]. Cheers, Scott.
Post #219,329 by Ashton 8/15/05 6:47:36 AM Reply	'Constitution' !?!_Scott, you really be a Dreamer, aint'cha?

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