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Subject: Re: Releasing source code does gnu liscence work

Author: Mike Adams

Date: 02:08:01 10/08/00

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   i dont really understand this gnu liscnece.  Say i released pulsar under it.
What is to stop someone from making it better and then releasing it as entirely
their own.  I wont know if they started from pulsar unless they showed me the
code and i recognized some stuff left over from pulsar.  No one is required to
show the code as far as I know so it seems that for someone to prove they
violated the liscence would be hard.
   Second one post said i think that if people improve it and you use the
improvements your bound to share them.  Another post said that you as the
original programmer can use anyones improvments in your next versions without
sharing what you used.  At least thats what i think i read it is still a bit
confusing to me. Anyway regardless of what is true doesnt the same logic apply.
 If someone modifies my program and i use the modifications in a version I dont
release the code for,  how would anyone know?



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