Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If I was sold the work, sure. But most software isn't sold, it's > leased or licensed.
Well, that doesn't really matter. Leased isn't an issue for free software, and neither is a contractual arrangement. > If what I did was ok, then you could trivially circumvent most (if not > all) copyleft licenses, simply by purchasing a copy (downloading it > from the original offerer), modifying the copy, compiling the copy, > and selling the copy [commensurate with the destruction of your copy.] I believe that the fact that you point out this is a circumvention answers the question. Courts do not think that's fine.
