On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 19:45:01 +0100, Alfred M. Szmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A system incorporating a GPL-covered program is an > > extended version of that program. The GPL says that any > > extended version of the program must be released under > > the GPL if it is released at all. > > And it is not released. That's the key. Internal use. > > If I give you a copy, it is distribution. The whole concept of > internal `use' is bogus. I can claim that the whole world is internal > for my use, and then simply refuse to release the source to anyone, > since it is `internal use', if one would follow your thread.
You can claim whatever you want. Some claims will be listened to and respected, while others would be considered by a court to be frivolous. There is nothing unusual about copyright law distinguishing between groups of people. You can show a movie at home and let your wife/SO watch it with you without the copyright holder have a claim that you are having an unauthorized public display. Do you think that if you showed the movie at a public event you could say that all the viewers were part of the family of man? Isaac _______________________________________________ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
