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> You sent mail to a mailbox which is used only for receiving
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mailing you, is a severe breach of basic etiquette.  Please don't do
this.

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> Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 22:07:08 -0400
> From: Glenn Maynard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Jeff King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: generated source files, GPL and DFSG
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> On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 10:05:49PM -0400, Jeff King wrote:
> > On Sat, Jul 23, 2005 at 02:35:01AM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> > 
> > > So say we have two drivers for a piece of hardware. One is written
> > > without comments. One was originally commented, but the comments have
> > > been removed. Both provide the same amount of information about how they
> > > work. Both are released under the same license. Both provide exactly the
> > > same freedoms to our users.
> > > 
> > > How is one of these free and the other non-free?
> > 
> > Let's say I write a program in C code and compile it to assembly
> > language, which I distribute. Somebody else writes an equivalent program
> > directly in assembly language and distributes it. The distributed
> > products contain the same amount of information about how they work.
> > 
> > How is one of these free and the other non-free?
> 
> Get out of my head!

-- 
Glenn Maynard


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