From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 3 May 2001 19:22:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 3 May 2001 19:22:27 -0400 Received: from jalon.able.es ([212.97.163.2]:35801 "EHLO jalon.able.es") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 3 May 2001 19:22:11 -0400 Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 01:22:02 +0200 From: "J . A . Magallon" To: Miles Lane Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: OT: Here's the article text -- Microsoft Is Set to Be Top Foe of Free Code Message-ID: <20010504012202.C2512@werewolf.able.es> In-Reply-To: <988925908.1280.42.camel@agate> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT In-Reply-To: <988925908.1280.42.camel@agate>; from miles@megapathdsl.net on Thu, May 03, 2001 at 23:38:27 +0200 X-Mailer: Balsa 1.1.4 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 05.03 Miles Lane wrote: > Sorry for sending a link to a (albeit, free) subcription > service earlier. Here's the text of the article, in case > you are interested in Microsoft's latest shinanigans. > > > away in an effort to attract visitors to Web sites. G.P.L. requires > that any software using source code already covered by the licensing > agreement must become available for free distribution. > AFAIK, GPL only forces you to distribute the source of the GPLed parts of your soft, not everything. PLEASE, could any good writer post a commented-rationale of the GPL to NYT ? -- J.A. Magallon # Let the source be with you... mailto:jamagallon@able.es Linux Mandrake release 8.1 (Cooker) for i586 Linux werewolf 2.4.4-ac4 #1 SMP Thu May 3 21:05:41 CEST 2001 i686