Using Copyright WAS: Re: [PD-dev] Political Impropriety

B. Bogart ben at ekran.org
Wed Jan 4 18:18:43 CET 2006


Ah, but it says "coping AND distribution" so you would be free to copy
as long as much as you want as long as you don't distribute it. (which I
  guess means provide copies to other people).

if there was a free software law list I would suggest this thread move
to there, but I have no idea if there is one...

b.

Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>
> On Jan 4, 2006, at 7:10 AM, Marc Lavallée wrote:
>
>> Le 3 Janvier 2006 20:36, Hans-Christoph Steiner a écrit :
>>
>>> But if that same software had been released under the GNU GPL, then
>>> even though that military would be allowed to use the software, they
>>> would have to release any of their additions under the GNU GPL.
>>
>>
>> The GPL does not force the release of source code modifications for
>> internal
>> use. If I have a contract with a programmer to adapt a GPL software,
>> I  can
>> use it and keep the source, unless I want to redistribute this
>> modified (or
>> enhanced) software.
>
>
> Actually, the GPL covers copying and distribution.  So I suppose if you
> never copied a single file, then you would not have to release the
> source.  But even if you copied a fraction of a file, then the license
> terms kick in.
>
> Here's the relevant parts of the GNU GPL:
>
> 3.  You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it,
> under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of
> Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following:
>
>     a) Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable
> source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections 1
> and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or,
>
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