Re: Right to distribute modifications?

2002-02-03 Thread Bjorn Reese
John Cowan wrote: AFAIK the free software community has always understood the right to distribute modifications to be implied by this license, but of course (as usual) no court has spoken, and so nobody can say for sure. RMS is being cautious, that's all. Then what differentiates the right

Re: Right to distribute modifications?

2002-02-03 Thread John Cowan
Bjorn Reese scripsit: Then what differentiates the right to distribute the software with modifications from, say, the right to use the software with modifications (which relates to the FSF's freedom 0), to warrant explicit caution? Contracts are about trapping an agreement in a net of

Re: Right to distribute modifications?

2002-02-02 Thread John Cowan
Bjorn Reese scripsit: The license grants rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies. According to my understanding this includes the right to distribute modifications, as you've got the right to both modify and distribute. AFAIK the free software