On 4/14/2010 2:35 PM, RJack wrote:
". . . provided that you also meet *all* of these conditions:. . ."
Condition 2(b) adds the qualification "work that you distribute or publish". The phrasing might be a bit awkward, but the meaning is clear. Language cleanup was one of the reasons for GPLv3, of course.
How do you cause the event ". . . the modified files to carry prominent notices" when it is a precondition to permission to "You may modify your copies. . ."?
The condition is a limitation on what the altered files may look like. It is nonsensical to assume that copyright infringement occurs due to the intermediate steps involved in producing a permitted alteration. For example, no publisher's contract with an author explicitly authorizes the publisher to create intermediate copies for the process of producing a book, such as printing plates or digital copies. But an author suing for infringement on those grounds would get laughed out of court, not least for your favorite "promissory estoppel". _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
