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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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Fri, 03 Feb 2006 20:45:54 -0600 |
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On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 19:45:01 +0100, Alfred M. Szmidt <ams@gnu.org> wrote:
> > A system incorporating a GPL-covered program is an
> > extended version of that program. The GPL says that any
> > extended version of the program must be released under
> > the GPL if it is released at all.
>
> And it is not released. That's the key. Internal use.
>
> If I give you a copy, it is distribution. The whole concept of
> internal `use' is bogus. I can claim that the whole world is internal
> for my use, and then simply refuse to release the source to anyone,
> since it is `internal use', if one would follow your thread.
You can claim whatever you want. Some claims will be listened to
and respected, while others would be considered by a court to be
frivolous.
There is nothing unusual about copyright law distinguishing between
groups of people. You can show a movie at home and let your wife/SO
watch it with you without the copyright holder have a claim that
you are having an unauthorized public display. Do you think that
if you showed the movie at a public event you could say that all
the viewers were part of the family of man?
Isaac
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