On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 12:15:11 +0200, Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Isaac wrote: > [...] >> > My point is that linking is irrelevant (the copyright law, not GNU >> > copyleft silliness, doesn't establish exclusive right to link). As >> > for compiling, installing, and loading/executing, I agree (you >> > don't need any license for that thanks to 17 USC 117). >> >> In the US at least, linking is not irrelevant because linking may create >> RAM copies. > > You mean RAM copying done by compiler and static linker (in > addition to loading at execution time)? That falls under > "compiling, installing" above. Essentially, it's the same > thing as copying the DLL or EXE into some (compressed) folder > on your disk.
Yes I do mean exactly that. > Apart from that, do you seriously believe that you're violating > the law every time you defragment discs, scan for viruses, and > do other things like that all involving creation of RAM copies > of other digital stuff apart from computer programs (music, > pics, etc.) because it doesn't fall under 17 USC 117? I didn't say anything like that. There are exceptions other than 17 USC 117. Isaac _______________________________________________ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
