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Subject: Re: email copy, Legal details

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 04:04:44 08/09/05

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On August 09, 2005 at 06:31:46, Günther Simon wrote:

>On August 09, 2005 at 06:23:46, Karl-Heinz Söntges wrote:
>
>>COPY
>>
>>email Gaksch ./. Letouzey and Söntges
>>
>>Hi Fabien,
>>
>>i sent mr. söntges a prerelease version for a last test. at the moment i test
>>only the value of two parameters and will distribute the version on saturday. (I
>>hope alex ist not on holidays). then i also add some comments to the readme
>>file.
>>
>>please do not attack mr. söntges in the ccc forum.
>>
>>you know that mailing an open source program like i did is GPL conform. there is
>>no must to distribute beta versions. i have done this because i didn?t want to
>>quarrel.
>>
>>regards
>>Thomas
>>
>
>You still seem not to understand? Just keep the results for the 'beta',
>instead of posting them around! YOUR posting of results of such a 'beta'
>starts the conflict with GPL.

That is quite simply not true.

As far as I understand it is legal for Thomas to:

a) send testers private copies of Toga
b) have these testers post results
c) not publish the source himself

He is however required to give testers the source, but these testers are not
required to publish it.

--
GCP



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