David Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 14:45, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > > Oh, I remember this. The sophists at UWash claim that: > > > > > > "Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its > > > documentation for any purpose and without fee to the University of > > > Washington is hereby granted," > > > > > > does not mean that you can modify and then distribute. > > > > Unfortunately, it turns out that the UWash lawyers were right about > > the way these clauses are understood by the courts; it sucks, but > > there it is. They didn't create the distinction, they just decided to > > use it. > > Which courts? Please cite a case.
I don't know the details; you should probably ask the FSF for the details.