On Sat, 17 Aug 2013 18:48:49 -0700, Bruce wrote in message 
<[email protected]>:

> In the case of a rented car, I don't believe that there is any
> distribution. There is performance. 

..a rented car is never meant to cross your door step, it's 
typically meant for e.g. a vacation ride along Route 66.

..all ISP's I know of here in Norway, "rent out" broadband modems.  
These _are_ meant to cross your door step, and to remain behind 
your locked door "while your modem is on Internet."
The ones I have, runs Linux, a couple runs Busybox, no mention of 
source code nor of the GPL, which is "quite a performance." ;o)


> But at least in the U.S., there
> is no public performance right for software. Only for audio
> recordings, plays, and a few other specific kinds of work. The terms
> of Affero GPL are an attempt to make up for the lack of a public
> performance right that we could use to trigger the license.
> 
> Arnt Karlsen <[email protected]> wrote:
> >On Fri, 16 Aug 2013 18:13:25 -0700, Chris wrote in message 
> ><CAEq5uw=O87t9P-40Zuos5cdZdGtBGYi-8twWtcB5k=1wvn+...@mail.gmail.com>:
> >
> >> You might want to check you owners manual. They sometimes comply
> >> with the acknowledgement/ doc requirements there.
> >
> >..what about rented cars, can you hand it back to the owner 
> >without source code, if you are a commercial figure?  As a 
> >private non-commersial person, you can use the GPLv2's ยง3c.


-- 
..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
  Scenarios always come in sets of three: 
  best case, worst case, and just in case.

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