Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 4 Sep 2000 23:35:20 -0500 (CDT) | From | Andrew McNabb <> | Subject | Re: GPL violations: make it harder |
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On Mon, 4 Sep 2000, Andre Hedrick wrote:
> There was no "GNU licence violation", because there is no GNU licence in a > patch.
You automatically own an implicit copyright on anything you create. Regardless of whether you specify a license for code you write, anyone who steals it is breaking the law. The GNU license, if specified, allows people to use your code if they agree to your terms.
-- Andrew McNabb amcnabb@mcnabbs.org http://www.mcnabbs.org/
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