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Re: GPL and other licences
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David Kastrup |
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Re: GPL and other licences |
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Sat, 04 Feb 2006 11:27:22 +0100 |
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"Alfred M\. Szmidt" <ams@gnu.org> writes:
> A company employee is not free to do whatever he wants with company
> property (such as a software CD) that he needs for doing his job.
>
> He is not the rightful owner.
>
> If you are an employee of mine and get access to software in my
> possession for the purpose of job, you are not permitted to make
> copies for your private use.
>
> If the license explicitly states so, yes.
Wrong. You are not the licensee. The licensee is the company. The
license is completely irrelevant for you.
> This is where our opinions differ I think.
You just don't understand "internal use". That's all.
> A tangible copy _is_ property, and getting company-internal access
> to it does not grant you the rights connected with owning this
> property: namely copying its contents.
>
> But the content isn't property! The _medium_ that the content resides
> on is.
But you have no license to do whatever you want with the content if
you just have a copy that is the property of the company you are
working for.
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
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