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| From | Matthew Crews <mailinglists@mattcrews.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Can a recipients rights under GNU GPL be revoked? |
| Date | 2019-01-27 14:50 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <xkSYV-55-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <xkR6N-7ov-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <xkSFA-8qz-7@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On 1/27/19 6:23 AM, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote: > I don't disagree with what is stated here (but I have a headache and didn't > read it carefully), but, even without reading carefully, I believe that the > original author of a package could do something like create further > modifications to the code and create a non-free version of the code. > > Assuming that is correct, people using (or basing modifications) on the > (presumably) older free version could continue to use and develop based on > that, but would not have rights to that new non-free version. This is correct, and happens all the time. -Matt
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Can a recipients rights under GNU GPL be revoked? Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org> - 2019-01-27 12:50 +0100
Re: Can a recipients rights under GNU GPL be revoked? rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-01-27 14:30 +0100
Re: Can a recipients rights under GNU GPL be revoked? Matthew Crews <mailinglists@mattcrews.com> - 2019-01-27 14:50 +0100
Re: Can a recipients rights under GNU GPL be revoked? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2019-01-27 16:00 +0100
Re: Can a recipients rights under GNU GPL be revoked? Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org> - 2019-01-27 21:10 +0100
Re: Can a recipients rights under GNU GPL be revoked? Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org> - 2019-01-27 21:10 +0100
Re: Can a recipients rights under GNU GPL be revoked? John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2019-01-27 15:40 +0100
Re: Can a recipients rights under GNU GPL be revoked? Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2019-01-27 20:50 +0100
Re: Can a recipients rights under GNU GPL be revoked? rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-01-27 21:10 +0100
Re: Can a recipients rights under GNU GPL be revoked? rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-01-27 22:20 +0100
Re: Can a recipients rights under GNU GPL be revoked? John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2019-01-28 00:50 +0100
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