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Am Fre, 2003-07-18 um 19.19 schrieb Frank Barknecht:

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> Hallo,

> Daniel James hat gesagt: // Daniel James wrote:

>

> > Actually, I saw that statement on the ZynAddSubFX site and assumed it

> > was an extra clause in addition to the GPL. As Paul owns the

> > copyright (which I assume he does) he's entitled to add any extra

> > licence restrictions he likes to his own software, as a 'GPL plus'.

>

> No, he cannot write a GPL plus this way. The GPL (2) says:

>

>   Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not

>   covered by this License; they are outside its scope.  The act of

>   running the Program is not restricted, and the output from the

>   Program is covered only if its contents constitute a work based on

>   the Program (independent of having been made by running the

>   Program).  Whether that is true depends on what the Program does.

>

> So the act of using the software isn't an issue covered by the GPL.

>

> > That might mean it's not strictly 'software libre' of course, but Paul

> > does say 'please' rather than 'you may not use' though.

>

> Yes, that's an important observation. As a lot of (christian)

> theologists for hundreds of years and even today have very different

> meanings about "what is against god" this statement can never be

> considered anything else but an opinion and a wish (or a joke, but

> that doesn't belong here).

>

> BTW: I think that demo1.ogg of ZynAdd sounds very New-Age-ish in my

> ears. ;)

>

Indeed- i tried Zynadd today and it sounded quite spooky for my taste

BTW: ZynaDD is just great - both in stability and in design.

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> ciao