Re: Results for Debian's Position on the GFDL
Adam McKenna <adam@flounder.net> writes:
> On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 01:36:14AM -0500, Anthony DeRobertis wrote:
>> Adam McKenna wrote:
>> >But you can only use one copy at a time. You could make a good
>> >argument that the copies not in use are backup copies. (Remember,
>> >we're talking about documents here.)
>> >
>> Well, US copyright law at least gives the right to make a backup copy so
>> long as "such new copy or adaptation is for archival purposes only."
>> Clearly, if you're regularly using it, its no longer for archival
>> purposes only.
>
> That would need to be decided by a court. Obviously if you can only
> use one copy at a time, and your backup strategy involves keeping
> multiple copies on multiple machines, someone would have to *prove*
> that you were using more than one copy at a time, and convice the
> cort that your backup strategy does not comply with the license.
Next we know, they'll be counting mirrored disks as multiple copies,
and probably as using all the copies at once too.
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Måns Rullgård
mru@inprovide.com
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