Re: GPL and NDAs

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From: Richard
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 00:00

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"Jeffrey B. Siegal" wrote:

> Bill Todd wrote:
> > The kind of distribution referred to in the GPL pretty clearly implies
> > transfer of ownership.
>
> Does it really?  Under most software licenses claim there is no transfer of
> ownership even of a copy.  Just a license to juse a copy.  Think of it as

Those licenses are illegal. The GPL is a finely crafted legal document;
other proprietary licenses are merely the wet dreams of monopolists.

> being somewhat analogous to a rental.  But this kind of distribution is
> clearly distribution.  If someone attempted to "distribute" a work (to which
> he had the right to copy but not distribute) in this way without permission of
> a copyright owner, there would be little question that the copyright owner
> could legally prevent it.

Uhmmm, no that's not how it works.

> Distribution does not require change of ownership.

Actually, distribution does require change of ownership. Distribution requires
a license to "manufacture" copies of software and then transfer of ownership
of these copies.

If you follow the assumptions you have about licenses to their full conclusions,
you get situations where employees can legally take home GPLed software
without the permission of the employer. <- I like this situation but it happens
not to be the case.

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Subject: Re: GPL and NDAs
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