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Article #74305Re: New GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE - Version 2, June 1991
From: Joseph Edward Hummel
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1991 18:56
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1991 18:56
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In article <1991Jun5.125159.5561@ms.uky.edu> sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey) writes: >I'm no lawyer, but could someone show me the relevant laws that grant >copyright holders the right to forbid people to modify works? > >The "Thou shalt not modify without permission" part of the GPL seems >a bit strong. It seems to imply I'm not allowed to hack on a program to >make it work on my system. Unless I accept all the terms of the >copyright, that is. > >As I understand copyright law, it governs copying, not use. Modifying >seems a use rather than copying issue. > >Are there precedents for this? Will the FSF sue me if I edit the code >or run it through "expand"? If not, then why the "modifying" clause? > >** Sean Casey <sean@s.ms.uky.edu> Copyright says, "thou shalt not copy." And to modify something, you must first copy it, right? - joe -- Joe Hummel ICS Graduate Student, UC Irvine Internet: jhummel@ics.uci.edu
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,b130f716f4ff6431 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-06-05 16:30:40 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!orion.oac.uci.edu!ucivax!jhummel From: jhummel@wave.ics.uci.edu (Joseph Edward Hummel) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: New GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE - Version 2, June 1991 Message-ID: <284D33E7.4336@ics.uci.edu> Date: 5 Jun 91 18:56:39 GMT References: <9106030123.AA02489@pop-tarts> <1991Jun5.125159.5561@ms.uky.edu> Reply-To: jhummel@ics.uci.edu (Joseph Edward Hummel) Organization: UC Irvine Department of ICS Lines: 27 Nntp-Posting-Host: wave.ics.uci.edu