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List:       cypherpunks
Subject:    Re: propose: `cypherpunks license' (Re: Wanted: Twofish source code)
From:       Mok-Kong Shen <mok-kong.shen () stud ! uni-muenchen ! de>
Date:       1998-10-07 12:11:32
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Rick Campbell wrote:

> Public Domain status denotes more freedom than GPL.  It allows all of
> the freedom of GPL and in addition, it allows the freedom of making
> proprietary modifications.

Logically this is (trivially) true, since PD imposes no conditions
while GPL imposes some. One possibility I can imagine is that those
who favour GPL and presumably also the ideas behind it could be
a bit more motivated to achieve a better quality of the software 
(including maintenance) than those who put software in the PD.
Of course this is just speculation and I have no way of knowing the 
reality.

M. K. Shen

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