> You do not have to be the owner of the copy in order to exercise > the rights given in the GPL.
You have to be the owner, period. Not according to the GPL: 0. This License applies to any program or other work which contains a notice placed by the copyright holder saying it may be distributed under the terms of this General Public License. Not? You mean, I can just walk into a library and start scanning with a hand scanner or a digital camera from media that happen to contain public domain material, without actually borrowing the stuff out? You'll find that this is not the case. You have to meet the library's conditions for borrowing the stuff, and only then they'll grant you access to it pursuant to the conditions of the copyright holder as permitted to them. They granted me access to it, so if the material is in the PD, then I am actually allowed to do so without `borrowing' the stuff. _______________________________________________ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss