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From: | amicus_curious |
Subject: | Re: Artifex v. Diebold: "The GPL is non-commercial!" |
Date: | Wed, 4 Feb 2009 16:18:49 -0500 |
"Alexander Terekhov" <terekhov@web.de> wrote in message 4988D3FC.7462C27E@web.de">news:4988D3FC.7462C27E@web.de...
That seems like the start of a cute trick. If I make a copy from a legitimate source, then it is a legitimate copy that I can give away. I cannot copy it, but I can give it away. So if I make a million copies directly from the legitimate source, I have a million legitimate copies that I can dispose of any way that I please, either give them away or sell them if I can. The GPL does not restrict that.You're mistaken, Hyman. 17 USC 109.
It seems to me that I have no obligation to give away everything as a whole, either. I can give away the executable code and not give away the copy of the source or the copy of the GPL license that came with the copy I made.
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