Re: The worst that can happen to GPLed code

[Alexander Terekhov]

Stefaan A Eeckels wrote:
[...]
> This has nothing to do with the browser. It's not the
> temporary copying that's the problem (though it might,
> would it come to a court case), but the fact that to
> go from the copy that's covered by first sale to the
> thing you want to distribute, you will have to make
> a copy, and it's not intermediary at all, because you
> cannot distribute the original file you downloaded.
> The executable contains a copy of that file.

If you want to burn a CD or a DVD, it will also contain a copy of the 
original work you downloaded to your hard disk. "[temporary copies of 
any work] the infringement is de minimis, or the infringement may be 
excused as fair use as in the case of a lawfully made CD, DVD, or 
digital download of copyrighted material." (from the "Initial Comments 
Filed in Response to 65 FR 35673"). See, de minimis and fair use, my 
friend.

regrads,
alexander.