Re: Distribution of license documents (fwd)
Hello,
On Mon, Aug 17, 1998 at 10:51:34AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Hi,
> >>"Marcus" == Marcus Brinkmann <Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de> writes:
>
> The GPL, LGPL, BSD, and Artistic licenses do not apply to any
> software specifically, and can be considered stand alone. (If I am
> wrong, please point out wording in the license that specifies which
> package or specific software the license applies to).
The license applies to the software it copyrights. If I apply the GPL to my
work, this work is copyrighted under the terms of the GPL. If any other
instances (=copies) of the GPL vanish from the world, there is still the GPL
applied to my work.
The GPL itself does not apply to any work in special, but it *is* applied by
authors to their work.
Thank you,
Marcus
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