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[Roy Schestowitz]

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> On 12/29/07, Roy Schestowitz <r at schestowitz.com> wrote:
>>         2. Closing of the code -- however partial it might be -- can be
>>         achieved through loopholes. Some examples have been mentioned in
>>         this thread.
> 
> Please explain this in more detail. The GPLv2 has no loopholes that I
> am aware of. There is no way to close the code.

By closing of the code I was actually referring to:

	1. Binary bridges/shims, a la Novell.

	2.  Exclusive permission to run code, 'thanks' to software patents.

	3. To an extent -- Tivoization. It's not closing of the code (similar
to (2)), but it's a restriction on execution, so openness has its
purpose beaten.


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		~~ Best of wishes

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