Re: [Nolug] RMS vs Cisco (Round 1 *ding*ding*)

On 12/12/08 17:13, Jeremy Sliwinski (mailing list account) wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
> > If you modify someone else's code, then you've got to follow the license
>> of the original code. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that.
>
> Those modifications are not their work, meaning they can claim no
> ownership to those changes. If they have no ownership to those
> changes, they have no right to dictate what is done with the changes.
>
> The GPL allows the original author to assert rights and requirements on
> other people's work that do not

Sure they do.

> and should not exist.

That's a philosophical question, not a statement of fact.

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA
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What different abilities do I have?
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