www/licenses gpl-faq.html

[Brett Smith]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Brett Smith <brett>     07/01/31 14:40:46

Modified files:
        licenses       : gpl-faq.html 

Log message:
        Add note about being the copyright holder to 
LinkingOverControlledInterface, per RMS.  Thanks toojays.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/licenses/gpl-faq.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.86&r2=1.87

Patches:
Index: gpl-faq.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/licenses/gpl-faq.html,v
retrieving revision 1.86
retrieving revision 1.87
diff -u -b -r1.86 -r1.87
--- gpl-faq.html        23 Jan 2007 15:12:08 -0000      1.86
+++ gpl-faq.html        31 Jan 2007 14:40:36 -0000      1.87
@@ -1448,7 +1448,15 @@
 carries forward this exception.
 
 </pre>
-<p></p></dd>
+<p>
+Only the copyright holders for the program can legally authorize this
+exception. If you wrote the whole program yourself, then assuming your
+employer or school does not claim the copyright, you are the copyright
+holder--so you can authorize the exception. But if you want to use parts
+of other GPL-covered programs by other authors in your code, you cannot
+authorize the exception for them. You have to get the approval of the
+copyright holders of those programs.
+</p><p></p></dd>
 
 <dt><b><a href="#TOCManyDifferentLicenses"
   name="ManyDifferentLicenses">I have written an application that links
@@ -2503,7 +2511,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2007/01/23 15:12:08 $ $Author: brett $
+$Date: 2007/01/31 14:40:36 $ $Author: brett $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>