On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 05:51:52PM -0500, Don Armstrong wrote: > Although, if PHPNuke has javascript (or similar) that is being > executed on the client side, a case could be made that use of phpnuke > on a website is equivalent to distributing it. [If someone is aware of > the FSF or arguments saying otherwise, I'd be glad to hear them.]
After some thought, I submit the following: One cannot simultaneously argue that displaying a website is presenting a user interface subject to 2c and that it constitutes distribution of the program. If it constitutes distribution, it is fundamentally a different act than displaying a user interface, and thus 2c does not apply to the mere display since there is no display going on. If it is a user interface, that is fundamentally a different act than distribution, and requirements to distribute in source form, unmodified, do not apply, since there is no distribution going on at all. I think it would be a very hard sell to claim that it is doing both simultaneously. It's enough of a stretch to claim that it's doing one. -- John
