Hello, On Mon, Aug 17, 1998 at 10:51:34AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > >>"Marcus" == Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > The GPL, LGPL, BSD, and Artistic licenses do not apply to any > software specifically, and can be considered stand alone. (If I am > wrong, please point out wording in the license that specifies which > package or specific software the license applies to).
The license applies to the software it copyrights. If I apply the GPL to my work, this work is copyrighted under the terms of the GPL. If any other instances (=copies) of the GPL vanish from the world, there is still the GPL applied to my work. The GPL itself does not apply to any work in special, but it *is* applied by authors to their work. Thank you, Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09
