Anthony DeRobertis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Monday, Sep 15, 2003, at 12:37 US/Eastern, Jeremy Hankins wrote:
>> But I'm not restricting someone's exercise of their rights when I >> give them GPL works on DRM media and, at the same time, give them >> source on a traditional CD. > > Sure you are. If you prevent people from copying the binary (for > example), you are keeping them from exercising their rights under > GPL Section 3. The problem with this (other than the fact that it just seems silly) is that that refers to the work, not a particular file. The work isn't just the binary, it includes the source too. So what is it precisely that I can't do when I get a copy of the source on CD and the binary on DRM media? I can make a copy of "the Program" from the source, compile it, and do whatever I want. Arguably, if special tricks are required to get it on the DRM media, instructions on how to do that would be part of the source, even. So I just don't see that I'm actually being restricted here. You might as well say that it's a violation to distribute GPL binaries on embedded devices, since it's often non-trivial to get in and copy those specific bits as well. How is that case any different from DRM media? (Hrm... I wonder how embedded devices work with GFDL stuff...?) -- Jeremy Hankins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP fingerprint: 748F 4D16 538E 75D6 8333 9E10 D212 B5ED 37D0 0A03
