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Re: GPL and other licences
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Isaac |
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Re: GPL and other licences |
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Wed, 01 Feb 2006 18:10:29 -0600 |
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On Wed, 01 Feb 2006 16:03:16 +0100, Alfred M. Szmidt <ams@gnu.org> wrote:
> > This boils down to: Can you break the law at home? Of course you
> > can't. So the same applies to the GPL. Since you cannot mix two
> > incompatible licenses legally, then you cannot do this in the privacy
> > of your own internal use. It would in the end still be a violation of
> > copyright law.
>
> No it does not quite boil down to that. What it boils down to is
> whether the GPL grants permission to so mix the software at home as
> long as you do not distribute the combination.
>
> It does boil down to that, you are still violating the license, and in
> turn copyright law. Just that nobody knows of it so nobody can sue
> you.
The license allows you to do what I've described. Making derivative
works with permission is not copyright infringement.
>
> Looking at the GPL, it seems to me that modifying GPL software and
> not distributing it merely requires providing some notices in the
> software. Unless the non GPLed software has some usage restriction
> that prevents you modifying or combining the other code with GPL
> software, I believe that the GPL allows you to combine or modify as
> you like on your own system for your own use. In fact, you could
> use the combination internally within a single business
> organization as doing so does not constitute distribution.
>
> No significant GPL restriction kicks in until you try to distribute
> your combination.
>
> And if you use it internally in a business then you are distributing
> the program to anyone who uses it.
Your statement differs from what the FSF has said.
>
> You are asking if you can break the law as long as nobody knows about
> it, or if only a selected few know about it. Sorry, this isn't how
> law works.
I'm not asking anything. I'm describing what the license says.
Isaac
- Re: GPL and other licences, (continued)
- Re: GPL and other licences, Alexander Terekhov, 2006/02/01
- Re: GPL and other licences, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2006/02/01
- Re: GPL and other licences, David Kastrup, 2006/02/01
- Re: GPL and other licences, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2006/02/01
- Re: GPL and other licences, David Kastrup, 2006/02/05
- Re: GPL and other licences, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2006/02/02
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- Re: GPL and other licences, Isaac, 2006/02/03