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Big companies and software licenses

Big companies and software licenses

Posted Nov 3, 2004 8:06 UTC (Wed) by Wol (guest, #4433)
In reply to: Big companies and software licenses by jvotaw
Parent article: Whatdya Mean, Free Software? (IT-Director)

You also miss a critical point - the GPL explicitly does *NOT* cover use (which is what Robin Bloor was talking about). It just assumes the "doctrine of first sale" applies.

Cheers,
Wol


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