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Re: request-tracker3: license shadiness



> > You should provide a more significant objection than "your modifications
> > have value".

On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 04:26:59AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> I don't think it's an "insigificant" objection.

I do.

The license prohibits any redistribution at all, and instead of focussing
on that, you are pushing a line of logic that seems to make the GPL
non-free.

> > "Distribution of source", as required by the GPL, has value, so your
> > logic would this mean that the GPL is non-free.
> 
> No, because modification is not distribution, and I cannot copyright my act
> of distribution[1].

You can't copyright gold, either.

-- 
Raul



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