Re: Blocking Gmail ads
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On 05/15/08 17:19, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:
> On 15/05/2008, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
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>> On 05/15/08 17:01, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:
>> > On 15/05/2008, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >> How can the software be conveyed to me if I'm pushing buttons on a
>> >> seat-back screen that's connected to a server in the stewardesses'
>> >> area. *Especially* since I don't own the seat!!!!
>> >
>> > Depends on what "convey" means, doesn't it? I think YOU (and I, for
>> > that matter) need to read GPLv3 more closely.
>>
>>
>> Convey \Con*vey"\ (k[o^]n*v[=a]"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
>> {Conveyed} (k[o^]n*v[=a]d"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Conveying}.]
>> [OF. conveir, convoier, to escort, convoy, F. convoyer, LL.
>> conviare, fr. L. con- + via way. See {Viaduct}, {Voyage}, and
>> cf. {Convoy}.]
>> 1. To carry from one place to another; to bear or transport.
>> [1913 Webster]
>
> No, the legal meaning. The GPLv3 actually defines the term "convey" in
> its preamble.
>
> To "convey" a work means any kind of propagation that enables other
> parties to make or receive copies. Mere interaction with a user
> through a computer network, with no transfer of a copy, is not
> conveying.
>
> So it looks like you were right. Airbus is not conveying Linux, not
> even as the GPLv3 defines it.
But Google (or whoever else) *does* convey software to us by sending
an applet to run in the web browser. That's what the clause was
added for.
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
ESPN makes baseball players better.
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