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Re: how much is too much?
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Isaac |
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Re: how much is too much? |
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Thu, 26 May 2005 19:42:24 -0500 |
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On Wed, 25 May 2005 22:00:19 -0500, John Hasler <john@dhh.gt.org> wrote:
> Isaac writes:
>> Well, the copyright statute says that one of the exclusive rights of the
>> copyright holder is the *preparation* of derivative works. (See 17 USC
>> 106). You don't have to distribute or copy such works in order to
>> infringe. Creating a derivative work without is enough. It is not clear
>> to me that the literal words of 2(a) of the GPL do not apply to someone
>> who modifies code on his own system.
>
> I think that 17 USC 117 applies here. I also think that the infringement
> would be ruled de minimus.
Yes arguably 17 USC applies, but I don't see any reason to consider the
infringement de minimus. OTOH, I don't believe that linking to motif
creates a derivative work either.
Isaac
- Re: how much is too much?, (continued)
- Re: how much is too much?, Stefan Monnier, 2005/05/25
- Re: how much is too much?, John Hasler, 2005/05/25
- Re: how much is too much?, Isaac, 2005/05/25
- Re: how much is too much?, John Hasler, 2005/05/25
- Re: how much is too much?,
Isaac <=
- Re: how much is too much?, Alexander Terekhov, 2005/05/30
- Re: how much is too much?, David Kastrup, 2005/05/30
- Re: how much is too much?, John Hasler, 2005/05/30
- Re: how much is too much?, Alexander Terekhov, 2005/05/31
- Re: how much is too much?, Alexander Terekhov, 2005/05/31
- Re: how much is too much?, David Kastrup, 2005/05/31
- Re: how much is too much?, Isaac, 2005/05/30
- Re: how much is too much?, Alexander Terekhov, 2005/05/31
- Re: how much is too much?, Alexander Terekhov, 2005/05/31
- Re: how much is too much?, Alexander Terekhov, 2005/05/31