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The Opposite Is True

The Opposite Is True

Posted May 22, 2003 20:54 UTC (Thu) by piman (subscriber, #8957)
In reply to: The Opposite Is True by Baylink
Parent article: ...and if SCO is right...?

GPL clause 2c, while under strong contention as to its "freeness", is how lifted code is often found when proprietary software incorporates GPLd software. Running strings on the binary ends up pulling out the original author's copyright notices.

I imagine lots of proprietary software has similar strings (RCS id strings, for example).


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