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On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 07:34:07PM +0200, Adrian Prantl wrote: >I really don't think that it would be appropriate to start a fox hunt >for everyone that could be violating the gpl in this or the other minor >way. As long as the reason is not a commercial exploit, I believe that >too much cautions would result in a harm to the free software >community. I believe that a too strict prosecution of the rules would >not encourage people to release there works to the public. I can't say that I agree. If a license isn't enforced, it becomes worthless. If we can't rely on people who should be our allies to follow the rules, and illustrate how it should be done, then I don't see how we can enforce the rules in good faith with anyone else. I'm not saying that we should start a "fox hunt" but we should certainly politely inform people of the rules whereever we see them broken. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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