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From: palpalpalpal <palpalpalpal@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: GPL
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 01:01:41 +0200
Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE)
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> When I posted that I didn't have a copy of the GPL handy so I couldn't check
> it.

I usually have one in my pocket, and when I go to the pub, I show it to people
and ask : "what do you think of paragraph 9 of the GPL v2.0 ?", then they offer
me a beer to get rid of me. Unfortunately, I don't like beer.
Anyway, my newsgroups browser understood what you were talking about, looked for
a copy of the GPL on the web, downloaded it and copied the interesting part into
my message. Then w95 said "An error occured in ze program. Exit? Exit / Ask me
again". And I finally had to hand-copy/paste the GPL provided with the Net
Yaroze.
Then the rabbit came and said : "I'm late !..." (end of the wonderful story
nobody cares about)

> I did say I might be talking crap.  *8O)

That's why I thought you wanted to be sure you were ;)

> I can't help wondering why Sony would bother to distribute the GPL on
> the CD though if it didn't apply.

It applies to gcc at least. And probably every tool in the "gnu" folder of the PC
cd. About the libraries, I don't know.

p.-a. l.