On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 06:36:08PM -0500, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Thu, 06 Mar 2003, David Turner wrote: > > On Tue, 2003-03-04 at 14:19, John Goerzen wrote: > >> BUT -- (2)(c) ONLY takes effect if the user is distributing the > >> source to a modified program AND that program is intractive. > > > > No! (2)(c) doesn't contain the first part of that -- it doesn't > > require distribution! See my other messages in this thread. > > You're ignoring 2 itself: > > 2. You may modify your copy or copies of the Program or any > portion of it, thus forming a work based on the Program, and copy > and distribute such modifications or work under the terms of > Section 1 above, provided that you also meet all of these > conditions:[4]
What exactly am I ignoring here? Nothing here seems to require that I distribute modified copies. In fact, the [1] you cited agrees with me. > > Additionally, fair use itself limits even the applicability of the > copyright, as explained in [1] [2] and [3]. > > > Don Armstrong > > 1: http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2003/debian-legal-200303/msg00121.html > 2: http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2003/debian-legal-200303/msg00168.html > 3: http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2003/debian-legal-200303/msg00261.html > 4: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html > -- > "There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the > right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself." Bach > > http://www.donarmstrong.com > http://www.anylevel.com > http://rzlab.ucr.edu