Re: GPL violations: make it harder

[Andrew McNabb]

On Mon, 4 Sep 2000, Andre Hedrick wrote:

> There was no "GNU licence violation", because there is no GNU licence in a
> patch.


You automatically own an implicit copyright on anything you create.
Regardless of whether you specify a license for code you write,
anyone who steals it is breaking the law.  The GNU license, if
specified, allows people to use your code if they agree to your
terms.


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