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  From: Glen Turner <glen.turner@aarnet.edu.au>
  To  : LinuxSA <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 11:11:36 +0930

Re: GPL question

Mark:
> The situation with the GPL is different, though, because it's a perpetual
> license.  Once you, as a licensee, have agreed to its terms, you can
> never be forced into different terms.

Not true, the copyright can expire meaning that the work
can use used without agreeing to the license.

Alan:
> Any new user who can find someone willing to provide a copy --
> and it's not likely for there to be an impediment to that --
> is granted that copy under the GPL.

Contract law, other intellectual property rights (especailly
trade secrets) and national security classification can, and
have, be used to placed impediments.  The result is still
superior, as at least the direct customer receives the
source code.

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