Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Linux GPL and binary module exception clause? | From | Valdis.Kletnieks@vt ... | Date | Fri, 05 Dec 2003 10:36:58 -0500 |
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On Fri, 05 Dec 2003 03:25:47 PST, David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com> said:
> So how is running the program infringement of a license that clearly sa ys > executing is unrestricted? How do you execute without copying into RAM?
The copy into RAM has its own exemption in 17 USC 117(a)(1):
Sec. 117. - Limitations on exclusive rights: Computer programs
(a) Making of Additional Copy or Adaptation by Owner of Copy. - 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, or
You're intentionally being obtuse. NOTHING IN THE GPL CONTROLS WHAT YOU DO WITH IT ON YOUR MACHINE. You're *totally* free to write the most non-GPL-compliant code and run it. What you're NOT allowed to do is then DISTRIBUTE the resulting code to others.
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