On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 15:28:17 +0100, David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Note that this concerns modification _and_ distribution. It talks > about the requirements that have to be met towards users and > recipients of the software. That is, when there _is_ such a third > party. If the only user is the company itself, the paragraph is > pretty irrelevant. > > And indeed, copyright law permits you to mutilate your physical copy > of any content to your heart's content. You are allowed to burn books > or cut and paste them together as you like once you acquired them. > The restrictions of copyright come into play only when copying and > redistribution come into play.
Maybe not. Copyright law gives to copyright owners the exclusive right to authorize the creation of derivative works. Creating a derivative work even without distributing it or even displaying it publicly can be infringement. Of course doing either with the copyright holder's permission is not infringement. Isaac _______________________________________________ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
