On Wed, 25 May 2005 22:00:19 -0500, John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
Yes arguably 17 USC applies, but I don't see any reason to consider the infringement de minimus. OTOH, I don't believe that linking to motif creates a derivative work either. Isaac _______________________________________________ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
