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| author | Luke Shumaker <LukeShu@sbcglobal.net> | 2013-10-12 13:48:32 -0400 |
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| committer | Luke Shumaker <LukeShu@sbcglobal.net> | 2013-10-12 13:48:32 -0400 |
| commit | b95b21e69fd552f45fff165a1593d5f4e3b92468 (patch) | |
| tree | 61ade198d380833e17f3d87dfe6f7562f7b52d48 | |
| parent | 6a42c8de66e3b2dc7293ddeadaa3ee396db2624d (diff) | |
reword a sentence in the fs licensing post
| -rw-r--r-- | public/fs-licensing-explanation.md | 12 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/public/fs-licensing-explanation.md b/public/fs-licensing-explanation.md index ad170a3..df4f24d 100644 --- a/public/fs-licensing-explanation.md +++ b/public/fs-licensing-explanation.md @@ -46,12 +46,12 @@ find it, so here we go. ### Specific questions: Readline: The GNU GPL is a copyleft license. If you make a modified -version of Readline, and don't let others have the source code, the -FSF will sue you. They can do this because they have the copyright on -Readline, and in the GNU GPL (the license they used) it only says that -they won't sue you if you distribute the source with the modified -version. If they didn't have the copyright, they couldn't sue you, -and the GNU GPL would be worthless. +version of Readline, and give it to others without letting them have +the source code, the FSF will sue you. They can do this because they +have the copyright on Readline, and in the GNU GPL (the license they +used) it only says that they won't sue you if you distribute the +source with the modified version. If they didn't have the copyright, +they couldn't sue you, and the GNU GPL would be worthless. LiveCode: The copyright holder for something is not required to obey the license—the license is only a promise not to sue you; of course |