Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 04:14:44PM -0400, Walter Landry wrote: > > As another example, what if there were a jurisdiction where recipients > > automatically receive the right to modify and distribute unless > > otherwise explicitly specified. Then a simple "Copyright (C) 2000 > > Steve Langasek" would be free. > > The difference between this and the prior example is that in the > first case, the *government* has additional rights over the > software, whereas in the second case, it is the *author* who has > lesser rights over (control of) the software. Yes, in this > hypothetical jurisdiction, a mere copyright statement would be free; > but we are concerned about freedom at the international level, so we > need to take a "least common denominator" look at the rights of > copyright holders.
So if the lowest common denominator (i.e. the law in all countries) became "If you distribute something under the GPL, you must give the government a copy" would the GPL be free? Regards, Walter Landry [EMAIL PROTECTED]
