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Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:14:25 +0200, Jérôme M. Berger wrote:
> 
>> 	Except that you *cannot* reuse someone else's speech unless they
>> explicitly authorized it (which most people don't do until you ask them,
>> if then).
> 
> Under the GPL, that explicit authorization to reuse the code is part of 
> the license, subject to the terms of the GPL, which state that if you 
> modify it and distribute the modifications in binary form, you must also 
> distribute them in source form.
> 
	Precisely my point: under copyright law, you can't. Therefore, GPL
has nothing to do with free speech outside of FSF marketing slogans.

		Jerome
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