Isaac writes: > Well, the copyright statute says that one of the exclusive rights of the > copyright holder is the *preparation* of derivative works. (See 17 USC > 106). You don't have to distribute or copy such works in order to > infringe. Creating a derivative work without is enough. It is not clear > to me that the literal words of 2(a) of the GPL do not apply to someone > who modifies code on his own system.
I think that 17 USC 117 applies here. I also think that the infringement would be ruled de minimus. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI USA _______________________________________________ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
