Re: Results for Debian's Position on the GFDL
Adam McKenna writes:
> On Fri, Mar 17, 2006 at 04:34:40PM -0500, Michael Poole wrote:
> > If you copy a copyrighted work, you need permission from law (which is
> > limited to things like a single backup copy, fair use, and so forth)
> > or from the copyright owner. Under copyright law and under the
> > language of the FDL, it does not matter whether you make that copy for
> > distribution or not.
>
> Which kinds of non-distributional copying are not covered by fair use?
Plenty. 17 USC 107 defines fair use. Many non-US jurisdictions do
not have any fair use provisions under copyright law.
> What part of copyright law states that you can only have one backup copy?
17 USC 117 is what allows you to make a backup copy under US law.
Again, if you try that outside of the US, your mileage may vary.
> > Computer security need not be entirely done away with, just done away
> > with in the context of works under this license.
>
> Since we are only discussing works distributed under this license, it is
> essentially the same thing.
If they are the same thing, then the GFDL clearly contaminates other
works stored on the same computer, failing DFSG#9.
Michael Poole
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