On 15/05/2008, Rich Healey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How does this work with GPLv3? They changed it from "distribute" to > > "convey". Is Airbus conveying the software to its customers or not? If > > there is a way to bring a USB dongle and get some of the software from > > the entertainment system in the Airbus passenger seats, has that > > I believe that's called "Stealing" and in a ruling totally non-GPL > related, is illegal.
I'll ignore the usage of the word "steal" in the context of non-rival goods, which to me looks like a silly word to use here. Setting that aside, you bring up an interesting point. If I take GPLed code, I modify it internally, and somehow it leaks outside, is the person who takes it infringing copyright or not? I say they're not, since the code isn't copyrighted to me even if I modified it. On the other hand, they can't force me to distribute the source either, since I didn't convey the code, right? It just got leaked somehow. Curious hypothetical situation. - Jordi G. H. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]