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Re: Big blow to proprietary linking nonsense.
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Hyman Rosen |
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Re: Big blow to proprietary linking nonsense. |
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Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:55:44 -0000 |
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On 5/16/2010 2:52 PM, David Kastrup wrote:
You are confused. Modification even in uncreative ways
> is not a right granted by copyright.
You're wrong, for computer programs:
<http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/usc_sec_17_00000117----000-.html>
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 106, it is not an
infringement for the owner of a copy of a computer program to
make or authorize the making of another copy or adaptation of
that computer program provided: (1) that such a new copy or
adaptation is created as an essential step in the utilization
of the computer program in conjunction with a machine and that
it is used in no other manner
The courts have given extremely broad latitude as to what an
"essential step in the utilization" means, including addition
of new functionality. The law is pretty much that you can make
any change you want to a legal copy of a program. Nothing in
this gives you the right to make further copies, though.
- Big blow to GPL linking nonsense., RJack, 2010/12/08
- Big blow to proprietary linking nonsense., 7, 2010/12/08
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- Re: Big blow to proprietary linking nonsense., David Kastrup, 2010/12/08
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- Re: Big blow to proprietary linking nonsense., Hyman Rosen, 2010/12/08
- Re: Big blow to proprietary linking nonsense., amicus_curious, 2010/12/08
- Re: Big blow to proprietary linking nonsense., Hyman Rosen, 2010/12/08
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- Re: Big blow to proprietary linking nonsense., David Kastrup, 2010/12/08
- Re: Big blow to proprietary linking nonsense., RJack, 2010/12/08
- Re: Big blow to proprietary linking nonsense., David Kastrup, 2010/12/08
- Re: Big blow to proprietary linking nonsense., RJack, 2010/12/08
- Re: Big blow to proprietary linking nonsense., amicus_curious, 2010/12/08
- Re: Big blow to proprietary linking nonsense., Hyman Rosen, 2010/12/08
- Re: Big blow to proprietary linking nonsense., amicus_curious, 2010/12/08