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<blockquote type="cite"><span style="white-space: pre;">Someone who
does none of these things is not bound by the GPL.</span></blockquote>
That's a sure-fire tautology.<br>
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CS you demonstrate a remarkable facility for ignoring the text of the
license under discussion.<br>
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I assume there are those who endeavour to accept the terms of the GPL
license. Further, I assume those who do accept are aware of sec. 2(b)
of the GPL which states:<br>
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"b) You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in
whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any part
thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third parties
under the terms of this License."<br>
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See the "all third parties" who are the intended third party
beneficiaries? They must be "caused" by the licensee to be bound<br>
"under the terms of this License". That's the heart of the "copyleft
theory" of Richard Stallman -- an unbounded recursive contract to make
a contract to make a contract to make a contract make a contract. . .
ad infinitum.<br>
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