Hyman Rosen wrote: > > On 3/9/2010 9:11 AM, RJack wrote: > > Uhhh. What's "abnormal" copyright infringement? > > When there are other defenses possible under federal law, > such as fair use or time shifting or reverse engineering. > Normal copyright infringement is simply unauthorized > copying and distribution with nothing else involved. > > > Uhhh. Do you mean the preempted "covenants" that you incorrectly > > refer to as "conditons"? Preempted is preempted. What do conditions > > have to do with anything? > > GPL cases involve simple copyright infringement caused > by copying and distributing without adhering to the > conditions of the license. There is no preemption > involved, because preemption merely states that all > copyright comes from federal law, and it is federal > law which disallows copying and distribution without > permission. The conditions of the GPL are conditions, > just as the conditions of the Artistic License are > conditions: > <http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/opinions/08-1001.pdf> > The Artistic License states on its face that the > document creates conditions: "The intent of this > document is to state the _conditions_ under which > a Package may be copied." (Emphasis added.) The
Q: If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? Five? Judge HOCHBERG: Of course five. Abraham Lincoln: No, calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg! regards, alexander. P.S. "I'm insufficiently motivated to go set up a GNU/Linux system so that I can do the builds." Hyman Rosen <hyro...@mail.com> The Silliest GPL 'Advocate' P.P.S. "Of course correlation implies causation! Without this fundamental principle, no science would ever make any progress." Hyman Rosen <hyro...@mail.com> The Silliest GPL 'Advocate' -- http://gng.z505.com/index.htm (GNG is a derecursive recursive derecursion which pwns GNU since it can be infinitely looped as GNGNGNGNG...NGNGNG... and can be said backwards too, whereas GNU cannot.) _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss