Re: GPL-licensed packages with depend-chain to OpenSSL
> On Sep 10, 2004, at 18:13, Raul Miller wrote:
> > Under copyright law, the precise details of how the copy arrives
> > doesn't matter.
On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 08:48:54PM -0400, Anthony DeRobertis wrote:
> Yes it does. Consider the difference between a copy of Windows arriving
> by being downloaded from Kazaa and by being purchased from Microsoft.
Ok, you're right -- while copyright law makes no specific provisions
about how the copy arrives, the copyright license can [and often does]
make such provisions.
> > What matters is that the copy arrives. If many people are
> > getting copies of some work then that's a copyright issue.
>
> Millions of people have a copy of the linux kernel, yet there is no
> copyright issue.
They have legal copies of the linux kernel. The issue of legality is
indeed a copyright issue.
> > If more than one person is involved in making those copies the
> > individuals who contributed towards making those copies can still
> > be nailed for contributory infringement.
>
> Assuming there was infringement, etc.
Which would be the case for the context explicitly stated in the subject
line of this message.
--
Raul
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