On 3/16/2010 12:45 PM, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
The ownership interests translators to works licensed under the GPL might have in their translations are seriously limited, given that any distribution of those translations must be done under the terms of the GPL.
Yes, choosing to create a work based on GPL-covered work limits how that work may be copied or distributed. That is a choice the author makes. The same choices apply to the use of any other work - the conditions placed upon those works by their rights holders must be obeyed if the work is to be used.
"92. It can be argued that this might change if, in effect, no third party can avoid being bound by the contract terms in order to use the information. "
Yes. Preemption would apply when state law attempted to restrict what is otherwise permitted in terms similar to copyright. But the GPL does not restrict any behavior permitted by unadorned copyright law, and therefore preemption is irrelevant to the GPL. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
