GPL Licensing

[Les Mikesell]

Alan Cox wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 04:14:24PM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
>>> not to distribute anything to you. I'm entitled to exclude aol.com from my
>>> download site.
>>>
>>> So its an additional service with conditions.
>> Yes, conditions that are an additional restriction of what I can do with 
>> a GPL-covered work.
> 
> Its an additional service.

And taking it away or making it conditional based on giving up your GPL 
right is a restriction.

> It doesn't change your GPL rights. If you can't grasp
> that basic concept then I think you have a problem.

No, I can't grasp the concept that a restriction that involves a penalty 
is not a restriction.

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   Les Mikesell
     lesmikesell at gmail.com