On 1/8/06, Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Unrestricted downloads of the GPL'd stuff aside for a moment, the GPL > gives me a copy or two. Thank you. The distribution of those copies (as > I see fit) is made under 17 USC 109, not the GPL. Being not a contract > (according to the FSF), the GPL is irrelevant at the time of distribution.
However, the law only gives you the right to sell and *dispose* the work, e.g. selling a book. The law was not originally designed with software in mind. So if you do not accept the GPL, then you can give a copy of the program to me, but you will have to delete all of your own copies. This discussion is quite irrelevant - Alexander, if you have any problems with the GPL that you want to be fixed, ask for them to be discussed at the GPL3 conference. That's what it's for. andrew > > regards, > alexander. > -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------- Member of Linux Australia - http://linux.org.au Debian user - http://debian.org Get free rewards - http://ezyrewards.com/?id=23484 OpenNIC user - http://www.opennic.unrated.net
