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1998-10-06 - Re: propose: `cypherpunks license’ (Re: Wanted: Twofish source code)

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From: Mok-Kong Shen <mok-kong.shen@stud.uni-muenchen.de>
To: coderpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1998-10-06 13:16:36 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1998 21:16:36 +0800

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From: Mok-Kong Shen <mok-kong.shen@stud.uni-muenchen.de>
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1998 21:16:36 +0800
To: coderpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: propose: `cypherpunks license' (Re: Wanted: Twofish source code)
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Rick Campbell wrote:

> Public Domain status denotes more freedom than GPL.  It allows all of
> the freedom of GPL and in addition, it allows the freedom of making
> proprietary modifications.

Logically this is (trivially) true, since PD imposes no conditions
while GPL imposes some. One possibility I can imagine is that those
who favour GPL and presumably also the ideas behind it could be
a bit more motivated to achieve a better quality of the software 
(including maintenance) than those who put software in the PD.
Of course this is just speculation and I have no way of knowing the 
reality.

M. K. Shen

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