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23 Dec 2025 08:26:14 EST (-0500)
  Re: This GPL stuff is getting ridiculous  
From: clipka
Date: 29 Jan 2009 12:55:01
Message: <web.4981ec5f13a704f8bdc576310@news.povray.org>
Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
>   I like how GPL fanboys resort to argue about semantics when their "you
> can use it in any way you want" is proven wrong. Suddenly the term "use"
> is limited to certain uses, not all of them. Thus, of course, this is a
> self-contained truth: "GPL code can be used for anything you want, when
> we define 'use' appropriately."

I'd rather put it as, "GPL code can be used for anything you want, provided that
the GPL doesn't forbid it" ;)

Which is true for just about any license...

Wasn't it Henry Ford who claimed that "you can get the car in any color you want
- as long as it's black"? ;)


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