On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 11:40:37AM -0700, Walter Landry wrote: > When the professor got the source to the book, did she not read the > license? Was the professor not giving access to the source of the > document? It's not that hard to make an announcement at the beginning > of class offering the course to anyone who wants it. Especially for > such a large class. I'm sure a number of laptop-happy students would > even take her up on it. I just don't see the problem here, unless the > professor just thinks, "Oooh, free stuff!" People think that about > GPL stuff all the time, and they rightfully get slapped down.
No one has yet gone to trial over the GNU GPL[1].
> What is the problem here?
We should not render legally illegitmate what is ethically legitimate.
[1] I am unable to determine what is going on with MySQL AB v. Progress
Software ("NuSphere"). The Federal 1st Circuit's calendar is not
available via their website.
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