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Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 21:08:18 +0100
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
To: Roberto Diaz <rdiazmartin@vivaldi.ddts.net>,
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Subject: Re: Software Mestizo Manifesto
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Hi!

> > > > Your "ethical" statement is incompatible with the GPL.
> > 
> > I disagree. Its a statement. Its a request. It says 'advice'. Anyone is
> > entitled to advise how to use GPL software. The only issue is if someone
> > chooses to require it is not used by XYZ person. 
> 
> Please.. I am not lawyer... my intention were good, just to give authors
> the freedom to say "hey please dont drop a nuclear weapon in my city using
> my software" just that..

You may say "please don't drop nuclear weapon". You may *not* say "you
must not drop nuclear weapon", that would violate GPL.
								Pavel
-- 
I'm pavel@ucw.cz. "In my country we have almost anarchy and I don't care."
Panos Katsaloulis describing me w.r.t. patents at discuss@linmodems.org
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