Re: Blocking Gmail ads
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 07:41:20AM -0500, Jordi Guti?rrez Hermoso wrote:
> On 15/05/2008, Rich Healey <healey.rich@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > How does this work with GPLv3? They changed it from "distribute" to
> > > "convey". Is Airbus conveying the software to its customers or not? If
> > > there is a way to bring a USB dongle and get some of the software from
> > > the entertainment system in the Airbus passenger seats, has that
> >
> > I believe that's called "Stealing" and in a ruling totally non-GPL
> > related, is illegal.
>
> I'll ignore the usage of the word "steal" in the context of non-rival
> goods, which to me looks like a silly word to use here.
>
> Setting that aside, you bring up an interesting point. If I take GPLed
> code, I modify it internally, and somehow it leaks outside, is the
> person who takes it infringing copyright or not? I say they're not,
> since the code isn't copyrighted to me even if I modified it. On the
> other hand, they can't force me to distribute the source either, since
> I didn't convey the code, right? It just got leaked somehow.
>
> Curious hypothetical situation.
The person who "leaked" it is the one doing the distribution or
"conveying". They are guilty of misappropriating your code and of
violating the license agreement. I would think that if you took
reasonable steps to prvent such leaks that you would be blameless.
Doug.
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