----- Original Message ----- > From: "Platonides" <platoni...@gmail.com>
> Regarding GPL requisites, it seems clear that minified javascript is > “object code” [1], which we can convey per section 6d [2], which is > already possible if you know how the RL works, although we should > probably provide those “clear directions”. Most problematic would be > that you should also obey sections 4 and 5 (although I see a bit of > contradiction there, how are you supposed to “keep intact all notices” > where most notices are present in comments, designed to be stripped > when > compiled?) > > But are we conveying it? > > To “convey” a work means any kind of propagation that enables other > > parties to make or receive copies. Mere interaction with a user > >through a computer network, with no transfer of a copy, is not > >conveying. > > As javascript is executed in the client, it probably is. Perhaps. But HTML is also "executed" in the client, and some legal decisions have gone each way on whether the mere viewing of a page constitutes "copying" in violation of copyright (the trend is towards "no", thankfully. :-) Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink j...@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA #natog +1 727 647 1274 _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
