Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 01:15:26AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > David Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > 4. Fundamental rights include the right to deny to *non-users* of the > > > software, access to the source code for the software > > > > No, this misstates my position. Possessors of the software, whether > > users or not, should have access to the source code. > > Of course, now we're into that wonderful can of worms where we attempt > to apply the concept of "possession" to something that is utterly > intangible.
Not at all! "possession" here refers to the physical copy, which is, in fact, physically instantiated, and it is that physical instantiation to which copyright law attaches.
