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On Wednesday 05 August 2009 21:05:41 drew Roberts wrote:

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> On Tuesday 28 July 2009 22:38:18 laseray@gmail.com wrote:

> > Whether he wanted to or not, use of GPL code makes it GPL code.

>

> I don't think this is correct. It would only mean that if he were not to

> GPL the code he would be in violation of the original author's copyrights

> (this is a generic he here and I am not speaking to this particular case as

> I have not followed this closely enough.) If he did not want to GPL his own

> code, he could stop distribution, work out another license with the

> original author or any number of other things surely. He would still have

> the already existing copyright violations to face should the original

> author choose to persue them though.

This was all in the context of distribution. Perhaps this was not clear.
> > I think you

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> > are thinking too much in the vain of convention copyrights. The code is

> > automatically GPL by way of use of other GPL code. It no longer is some

> > independent proprietary code solely belonging to the original copyright

> > holder once mixed together.

>

> If I get the time, I seem to remember some FSF pages that disagree with

> this and point rather to the thoughts I posted above but I am snowed under

> at the moment.

Again, this was about some app that was already distributed.
Raymond

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