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Re: [FILE] GNU BIT

From
Petr Baudis <pasky@ucw.cz>
Date
Apr 25, 2005, 21:46 UTC
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<20050425214617.GH13467@pasky.ji.cz>
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<Pine.LNX.4.58.0504251430380.11722@sam.ics.uci.edu>

Dear diary, on Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 11:33:12PM CEST, I got a letter where Andreas Gal <gal@uci.edu> told me that...

> bit contains various pieces and snippets from Linus' and your scripts and 
> thus automatically falls under GPL. Maybe I should have stated that 
> somewhere explicitly, but its a 800 lines bash script for crying out loud.

I skimmed over it briefly and admitelly didn't find anything *obviously* borrowed from my scripts, so I wanted to ask. It is worth noting explicitly, I think.

> The "GNU" part was actually more like a joke. If you feel offended by it, 
> I am happy to remove it. Are there any trademark issues involved in using 
> "GNU"?

I was not offended, just confused. :-) I think it's better not to use "GNU" in the name if it's not part of the GNU project.

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				Petr "Pasky" Baudis
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  1. Andreas GalApr 25, 2005
  2. Daniel BarkalowApr 25, 2005
  3. Andreas GalApr 25, 2005
  4. Petr BaudisApr 25, 2005
  5. Andreas GalApr 25, 2005
  6. Petr BaudisApr 25, 2005

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