Re: Amendment: GFDL is compatible with DFSG
On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 03:23:02PM -0300, Daniel Ruoso wrote:
> I mean, I know the license says "the copies you make or distribute",
> but, by definition, wouldn't it apply only to the act of distribution?
No. By default, copyright does not grant you a license to copy a work;
if the license allows you to copy a work anyway under certain
conditions, then you are giving more rights to your users than what the
law allows, so you can do that. You are allowed to say 'you may not copy
it in such a way that nobody can read it'.
There are some exceptions--you are allowed to copy a computer program
from the installation medium to the hard disk of your computer, and from
the hard disk of your computer to its RAM, provided you are not
otherwise in breach of the license--but they are exceptions, and most
copying is not allowed.
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