Scripsit Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > That is: I'm not required to accept the GPL if I simply want to download > > (and install and use) a GPL'd piece of software.
On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 12:52:37PM +0100, Henning Makholm wrote: > If you want to *download* the sofware, then you'd better do it by the > GPL's terms. "Downloading" implies that you are instructing some > computer to make create a copy of the Work on your hard drive. Because > computers, legally speaking, do not *do* anything by themselves, *you* > are the one who are creating the copy on your hard drive. And creating > a copy is smack in the middle of the copyright holder's legal > monopoly. Except, the copy is being made on the server. It's true that the copy is being stored on the client, but it seems meaningless to make a distinction between that copy and the copy on the wire. -- Raul
