On Thu, 2011-01-06 at 14:12 +0530, steve wrote: > > On Thu, 2011-01-06 at 13:31 +0530, Narendra Sisodiya wrote: > >> "The only restriction the GPL imposes is that it prevents people > from > >> imposing further restrictions. #GPL" > > > > not true - it restricts the freedom to modify the software and close > the > > source and distribute it. This is a restriction - facts are facts. > > ehe ...are the two statements above the same thing ? Lets see: > > >> "The only restriction ....is that it prevents ... > >> imposing further restrictions. #GPL" > > > > .... it restricts the freedom to ...close the > > source ...This is a restriction ... > > Seems to be essentially the same thing ...so what is the 'not true' > part ? > Unless you are in the habit of denying something and then repeating > exactly what > the other person says.
on rereading it can possibly be that you are right - the difference is that they say it in a convoluted manner and I say it more directly. But in either case we all agree that there is a restriction. -- regards KG http://lawgon.livejournal.com Coimbatore LUG rox http://ilugcbe.techstud.org/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
