Mark Wielaard wrote: > So which part of my reasoning is wrong? > - I do not have to accept the GPL for (private) modifications since copyright > law only covers copying and distribution. > (might be different in some jurisdictions)
I sincerely do not know if private modifications are allowed under Copyright law. I would have to re-check the Canadian Copyright Act... > - Even if I accept the GPL then I can still make (private) modifications > since the GPL gives me explicit permission to run the program without > restrictions. This depends whether linking is a modification or not. According to a private message RMS sent me a while ago, linking is a modification (or so he thought at that time). > > May/Should I forward this discussion to RMS? Yes, I think you should. Please keep me on the CC list. Etienne -- Etienne M. Gagnon http://www.info.uqam.ca/~egagnon/ SableVM: http://www.sablevm.org/ SableCC: http://www.sablecc.org/ _______________________________________________ Classpath mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/classpath
