Re: [Fsfe-uk] DRM, TPM, or what? was: TV show about copyright, the Internet and DRM

[Dave]

On 10/05/06, Alex Hudson <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-05-10 at 12:40 +0100, Dave wrote:
> >
> > 'copies you make' sounds like it applies to the copy you have say in
> > ~/private/docs/ and so chmod 600'ing that file obstructs or controls
> > the reading or further copying of that copy by other users logging
> > into that machine.
>
> No, the licence doesn't extend to those users. If it did, you'd be
> having to provide the source to all your GPL'd apps as well when those
> users took copies of the binaries on your system.
>
> You have no obligation to those users at all, "not giving them a copy"
> does not count as "obstruction".

Ah yes, makes sense now.

Thanks,

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Regards,
Dave