Re: Linux and GPLv2

[Måns Rullgård <mru@inprovide.com>]

Arnoud Engelfriet <galactus@stack.nl> writes:

> M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
>> Arnoud Engelfriet <galactus@stack.nl> writes:
>> > And probably it will also deal with running the code on a publicly
>> > accessible server. 
>> 
>> The question is if a license based on copyright can legally place such
>> restrictions on use of the program.
>
> I've heard people speculate that this could be called a
> "public performance" of the work, like singing a song in front
> of an audience. And the right of public performance is in
> copyright law.

I don't think this a very good analogy.  This is like saying that by
playing the guitar with an audience, I am publicly performing the book
I used when I learned how to play.  When performing a song, the actual
song, albeit somewhat altered, is what reaches the audience.  When
serving web pages, no information from the server software reaches the
clients.

Anyhow, this has been discussed at length here not long ago, so there
is no need to do it over again.

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Måns Rullgård
mru@inprovide.com