In defending your position that combining GPL and some other software on my computer system was not allowed you cited some statements indicating that the GPL did not allow putting additional restrictions on users.
How can you draw a conclusion that I can pop by your place, and copy stuff from your computer? That is really beyond me. Since you missed the whole argument, let me resummarise it: You cannot violate the copyright license. It doesn't matter if it is in your home, if you are the only person who knows about it, or whatever. To make an extrem example, if you steal someones car, and nobody knows that you stole it, or that the car actually vanished, then you are still liable for theft. Same here, if you violate the license at home, you are still liable for copyright infrigment. (if it is right or wrong to dictate this something completely different, but obviously, it is wrong. Sweden had a recent law changed I think--I don't recall, so if someone from Sweden remebers, please shout!--that disallows private backups of copyrighted material. According to all these arguments, you should still be able to violate the license for internal/private use. Well, you can't, the law dictates otherwise.) _______________________________________________ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
