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The "Death Penalty"...The "Death Penalty"...Posted Mar 22, 2012 14:20 UTC (Thu) by etienne (subscriber, #25256)In reply to: The "Death Penalty"... by dlang Parent article: Enforcing the GPL with Judo moves (The H)
> > Can the copyright owner of the GPL text itself define restrictions on how you use his own work?
> only to the extent of what you are allowed to do with the text of the license.
Did you noticed that to intall any GPL software you have to copy the text of the license, because it has to be included in the distribution of the software?
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The "Death Penalty"... Posted Mar 22, 2012 14:41 UTC (Thu) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313) [Link]
Yes, but that doesn't give the author of the license power over the software.
At least not in any sane world.
The author of the license has given permission to copy the text, the author didn't demand any rights over the software as part of this.
the License itself is between the author of the software and the people who download it, not between the author of the text of the license and the people who download the software.
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