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1994-05-25 - Re: PGP 2.6 is dangerous in the long term ?

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From: “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@imsi.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Message Hash: a0035e100d05a616a0538acab601884cb4b0a4588a93eebbd833a795acd9cafa
Message ID: <9405251512.AA04257@snark.imsi.com>
Reply To: <199405251438.AA04385@xtropia>
UTC Datetime: 1994-05-25 15:12:46 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 25 May 94 08:12:46 PDT

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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@imsi.com>
Date: Wed, 25 May 94 08:12:46 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: PGP 2.6 is dangerous in the long term ?
In-Reply-To: <199405251438.AA04385@xtropia>
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anonymous@extropia.wimsey.com says:
>     From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@imsi.com>
>     
>     Ezekial Palmer says:
>     > The GNU copyleft is supposed to disallow a lot of for-profit uses.
>     
>     The GNU copyleft in no way prohibits any commercial use whatsoever.
>     Please do not spread inaccurate rumors about copyleft.
> 
> That's a pretty big statement and it's at least partly wrong.  Does
> selling something count as a commercial use?

You are allowed to sell copylefted software. You just aren't allowed
to stop other people from then giving it away. There is no prohibition
on selling the software -- although one must remember that what you
end up charging is for the act of providing a copy and not for a
license for the software itself.

Perry

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