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SubjectRE: Possible GPL infringement in Broadcom-based routers
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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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