From: Nathan Loofbourrow <loofbour@cis.ohio-state.edu>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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Raw Date: Mon, 22 Nov 93 11:22:41 PST
From: Nathan Loofbourrow <loofbour@cis.ohio-state.edu>
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 93 11:22:41 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Secure Drive 1.0 is here!
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Al Billings writes:
> On Mon, 22 Nov 1993, kpj@sics.se wrote:
> > Naturally. I expect him to refuse. My whole question is whether it is
> > valid to use Copyleft on code which is not freely copyable over national
> > boundaries.
>
> It is not his fault that he can't give it to you. He's made it freely
> available. If national boundaries interfere and paranoid US laws don't
> let him, I don't think you can blame HIM for that.
IMHO, the relevant section of the GPL, version 2 -- assuming that this
is the version of the license Mike Ingle intends -- is as follows:
> 7. If, as a consequence of a court judgment or allegation of patent
> infringement or for any other reason (not limited to patent issues),
> conditions are imposed on you (whether by court order, agreement or
> otherwise) that contradict the conditions of this License, they do not
> excuse you from the conditions of this License. If you cannot
> distribute so as to satisfy simultaneously your obligations under this
> License and any other pertinent obligations, then as a consequence you
> may not distribute the Program at all. For example, if a patent
> license would not permit royalty-free redistribution of the Program by
> all those who receive copies directly or indirectly through you, then
> the only way you could satisfy both it and this License would be to
> refrain entirely from distribution of the Program.
The interpretation(s) are left to the cypherpunk esquires.
nathan
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