Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thomas Bushnell, BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > Arguing from common sense here, consider the case of someone who knows > > > C but doesn't know English. It would seem very unfair for them to be > > > punished merely for downloading the tar ball, editing the code, > > > compiling it and running it. > > > > If that's true, then we might as well go home, the GPL is then > > unenforceable. > > What? How?
Because ftp.gnu.org doesn't require you to read the license either, but does hold you to its restrictions. > > But actually, the law says that if they have no information, then they > > should assume that they have *no* right to download the tarball. > > Would you apply the same argument to the file /index.html on a public > web server? Nope. The details all matter. The human-level "what is being done" matters; the specific technical means are much less important.
