RMS on Plan 9 license, with my comments

David Johnson david at usermode.org
Tue Jul 25 02:04:41 UTC 2000


On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, John Cowan wrote:

> "Own" is a sticky word.  What we are talking about is the right to
> make modified versions, which is clearly within the ambit of copyright.
> You have no right to make modified versions of a program unless
> the copyright owner grants you that right.

I believe that copyright grants the user the right to make
modifications. HOWEVER, it does not also confer the right to distribute
those modifications.

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David Johnson
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