Re: Combining proprietary code and GPL for in-house use
Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS <edmundo@rano.org> writes:
> > (1) The idea that compiling and linking a program is not restricted
> > by copyright; you don't need special permission to compile and link
> > a program once you have obtained a copy of it.
On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 09:03:58AM -0700, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> But this is a confusion. In one sense it's true, but in another sense
> it's false.
I was refering to the copying involved in compiling and linking,
which was a point that you brought up.
> In the instant case, compiling and linking is not specifically
> prohibited by the copyright statute, but that doesn't mean that you
> can ignore the fact that they are going on. They might well be part
> of a larger more complicated activity, which *is* an act of illegal
> copying.
Sure.
Laws about computer programs are very non-intuitive. In essence,
the laws don't regulate the bits, but regulate what the bits
represent.
--
Raul
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