Re: Web application licenses
Brian Thomas Sniffen writes:
> In other words, it's very clear that my running postfix to send you
> this message is not a public performance of postfix.
Perhaps that is clear to you. I think to execute software is to
render it, even if you do not use common sense in applying the
standards for literary work to software. In the absence of specific
case law (I could not find any), we may have to agree to disagree.
> > People accept the GPL's boundary of copyleft (components normally
> > shipped with the computer); that can certainly be applied to network
> > servers, avoiding the argument that if the kernel and C library used
> > such a license you might have to distribute sources for them too.
>
> But what's the OS for the network? Why is the web server on the other
> end relevant, as well as the CGI script it's presenting, but not the
> network equipment in between? Especially if it's altering the data in
> transit?
I do not see how altering the data in transit is pertinent. Are you
arguing that because some application uses IPv4, it can be encumbered
by a copyright license on code running on a router, or vice versa?
Michael Poole
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