IF2 Topic: Free Software Licenses

[Michelle Lowman]

I'd like to do this one. I had a chat with my dad about this the other
day, and he didn't get it either. So now I'm on a quest . . ..  :)

-Michelle

On Tue, 2002-07-23 at 04:27, Robert Bushman wrote:
> I just read *another* person who ought to know better
> referring to how the GPL "destroys intellectual
> property." Can someone please work up a presentation
> for IF2 on the different types of Free Software
> licenses?
> 
> I mean, it's so frustrating. Don't like the GPL?
> Fine. Ignore it. Just fall back to plain old copyright.
> You can use the software exactly as you got it. That
> is completely within the bounds of the GPL.
> 
> Want to modify it? Want to give it to someone else?
> Hmmm, well, OK, but only if you agree to some
> conditions. I'm not forcing you to go beyond
> traditional copyright, but if you want to, here's
> what you have to agree to.
> 
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