Merijn de Weerd wrote: [... modify any gpl'd code ...]
> was just saying that that should change: also in-house code > should be shared, once it's out of testing. That would be at odds with copyright law (which the GPL blatantly misstates by saying that "nothing else grants you permission to modify or distribute"), dear law student. Adaptations under 17 USC 117. Recommendations for Statutory Change (addition of new section 117): "The conversion of a program from one higher-level language to another to facilitate use would fall within this right, as would the right to add features to the program that were not present at the time of rightful acquisition." See Final Report of the National Commission on New Technology Uses of Copyrighted Works (which has been cited in most of the court decisions and law review articles on the copyrightability of computer programs). regards, alexander. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
