Messages in this thread | | | From | David Woodhouse <> | Date | Sun, 05 Oct 2003 21:38:46 +0100 | Subject | Re: freed_symbols [Re: People, not GPL [was: Re: Driver Model]] |
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On Sun, 2003-10-05 at 12:47 -0700, Andre Hedrick wrote: > Reading the C-code and creating another work which is identical in > functionality and completely original, it is not derived regardless what > anybody thinks or tells you. GPL only protects the actual file or > document.
...and continues to do so. So if the licence of the original says you may use it only if you do not create such a work of your own, then as soon as you create your own, you lose your right to continue to use the original.
-- dwmw2
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