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.
