-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Bernd Jendrissek wrote: >> employee's own machine, I wonder if that might require a pro forma >> redistribution (into RAM) of an incidental copy, in which case the >> employee *would* be redistributing (to hirself) *as an agent* of hir > >Hey GnuPGP junkie,
Hey Armenian Thanksgiving Turkey, >"redistribution (into RAM)" is covered by 17 USC 117 (and equivalent >"Limitations on exclusive rights: Computer programs" copyright >provisions in all WIPO nations). It doesn't need a license. I didn't say it did. Do you need a licence for any copies you may make subsequent to putting one into RAM for running? Would I need a licence to make a legal copy of 'cp' if 'cp /proc/self/mem /tmp/newcp' actually did something useful? - -- Problems experienced downstream are symptoms of neglect upstream. Upstream problems can only be solved upstream. - someone -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Please fetch my new key 804177F8 from hkp://wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net/ iD8DBQFD8fmzwyMv24BBd/gRAtINAJ9GUBGBDOUibiCOjuQoD2yzwB40eACfdUpU labY4IVzbUDotZ/mGASaWw4= =M+bk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
