Rich Pieri <[email protected]> writes: > On 4/4/2016 11:28 AM, Mike Small wrote: >> on a device they keep), without any autodestruction happening. When the >> FBI takes possession of a person's, especially a late person's, device >> and software they aren't being conveyed anything. They've simply taken >> hold of someone's device and software. > > The GPL itself states otherwise: > > > To “propagate” a work means to do anything with it that, without > permission, would make you directly or secondarily liable for > infringement under applicable copyright law, except executing it on a > computer or modifying a private copy. Propagation includes copying, > distribution (with or without modification), making available to the > public, and in some countries other activities as well. > > To “convey” a work means any kind of propagation that enables other > parties to make or receive copies. Mere interaction with a user through > a computer network, with no transfer of a copy, is not conveying. > > > The GPL makes no distinctions between gifts, thefts and warranted > seizures. There may be a loophole in there but if there is then I for > one don't see it.
I don't know a lot about copyright, but I'm guessing being a victim of theft or warranted seizure aren't among experiences that "would make you directly or secondarily liable for infringement under applicable copyright law." -- Mike Small [email protected] _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
