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Re: GPL traitor !


From: David Kastrup
Subject: Re: GPL traitor !
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:36:42 +0200
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Hyman Rosen <hyrosen@mail.com> writes:

> David Kastrup wrote:
>> A gun stored in parts is still a gun.
>
> The place to look for rules on copying is copyright law.
> Inapt and irrelevant analogies will lead you to erroneous
> conclusions.

An executable image stored in parts is still an executable image.  Just
because the assembly happens on-demand does not change the intent.  As
long as there is no conceivable use without the (automatic and planned)
assembly, the exact time frame of the assembly is not really relevant.

-- 
David Kastrup


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