Re: Time to put up or shut up!

[RJack]

Hyman Rosen wrote:
> On 4/14/2010 2:35 PM, RJack wrote:
> > ". . . provided that you also meet *all* of these conditions:. . ."
>
> Condition 2(b) adds the qualification "work that you distribute or 
> publish". The phrasing might be a bit awkward, but the meaning is 
> clear. Language cleanup was one of the reasons for GPLv3, of course.
>
> > How do you cause the event ". . . the modified files to carry 
> > prominent notices" when it is a precondition to permission to "You 
> > may modify your copies. . ."?
>
> The condition is a limitation on what the altered files may look 
> like. It is nonsensical to assume that copyright infringement occurs 
> due to the intermediate steps involved in producing a permitted 
> alteration.

Do you have the slightest idea what you are blathering about? I don't.

> For example, no publisher's contract with an author explicitly 
> authorizes the publisher to create intermediate copies for the 
> process of producing a book, such as printing plates or digital 
> copies. But an author suing for infringement on those grounds would 
> get laughed out of court, not least for your favorite "promissory 
> estoppel".

Sincerely,
RJack :)