On Dec 3, 7:28 am, J de Boyne Pollard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> No. What is required in order to run a work distributed as source
> code is _compiliation_, from source code to machine code.
If you compile without linking, you'll be left with an object file,
which you can't execute. Ordinary u
DS> You will [not] find anything about
DS> "larger programs" or linking in copyright law.
JdeBP> You will, however, find a definition of an
JdeBP> "adaptation" of a computer program in
JdeBP> section 21 of the U.K. Copyrights,
JdeBP> Designs, and Patents Act (as amended).
DS> I don't know enough
LP> And I think you _are_ making copies already by
LPI> downloading the program from kernel.org (at
LPI> least that is the case legally where I live).
DS> Nope. One copy flows over the network, is converted
DS> to the copy on your disk, and that's that. One copy is
DS> all there is. The person who
On Nov 26, 9:30 am, J de Boyne Pollard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> DS> You will [not] find anything about
> DS> "larger programs" or linking in copyright law.
> You will, however, find a definition of an "adaptation" of a computer
> program in section 21 of the U.K. Copyrights, Designs, and Pate
DS> You will [not] find anything about
DS> "larger programs" or linking in copyright law.
You will, however, find a definition of an "adaptation" of a computer
program in section 21 of the U.K. Copyrights, Designs, and Patents Act
(as amended).
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