Messages in this thread | | | From | "David Schwartz" <> | Subject | RE: Possible GPL infringement in Broadcom-based routers | Date | Fri, 5 Nov 2004 11:59:23 -0800 |
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> The GPL is a grant of permission. So, if you have an activity > that is restricted by copyright, you have to find something in the GPL > that gives you permission. It's not just me saying that. A > representative > from the FSF explained that to room of ~50 lawyers and ~50 lay people > at a seminar that I went to on it.
If that were true, I could poem up on a billboard and sue anyone who read it. The FSF is, of course, free to take any position it wants to. As I understand the law, if you want to restrict use, you must restrict access. Give free access, you give free use.
DS
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