Scripsit [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Bushnell, BSG) > Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > What establishes "cahoots"? Well, basically, anyone who did any of > > > the steps (*any* of them, whether that step would be illegal in > > > isolation or not) with the intention that it's part of the total > > > process. This is similar to conspiracy law, where taking an "overt > > > act" to futher the conspiracy is illegal, even if that act isn't > > > illegal in isolation. > > I was alluding to a scenario where neither of the participants have > > any "master plan" for an infringing outcome (and none of them control > > each other). For example, the one who ports the program to the > > proprietary language may do it out of honest desire to make some good > > free software available in what he sees as an exciting new > > environment. > Nobody need have a master plan--the question is whether what you are > doing only makes sense as part of such a total-effect. I'm not sure whether or not you disagree with me. Was it that hard to tell that my original "different people" scenario was meant as a situation where each of the things that each of the parties do is something they do because it makes sense in itself to do it. What I point out is that such a series of individually innocent steps can end up with a state that the original author probably didn't think the GPL would allow. -- Henning Makholm "PROV EN FORFRISKNING FRISKLAIL DEM"
