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Message-ID: <20031104185416.GQ8607@2fkft.com>
From: szalkai at 2fkft.com (Akos Szalkai)
Subject: Re: Red Hat Linux end-of-life update and transition planning
On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 11:40:06AM -0600, Schmehl, Paul L wrote:
> Well, yes, you should. If I've released my book as "open source" under
> the GPL, then by contract I have specifically authorized you to
> repackage it and sell it in any form you want so long as you don't alter
> my work. Want you cannot do is claim that the original work is yours.
> And you can't prevent anyone else from taking that same book and
> repackaging it and selling it.
And you also have to make the source code for your book available. This
is a bad example, because the GPL is simply unsuitable for books.
(Even a freely downloadable pdf version cannot be considered source
code.) And you can prevent me from selling (or redistributing in any
manner) your GPL'd stuff if I do not comply with the GPL. IANAL, though.
> You just don't understand the GPL.
Hmmm, probably not everybody does.
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