On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Bill Ward <b...@wards.net> wrote:
> I think that copyright still applies for copying the original. You don't > have to make a derived work of an MP3 file for it to be an illegal copy for > example. But it does seem like posting it on CPAN would give de facto > permission to copy the file. > > Also, just to be nice, you could write him for permission. He must be >> awfully lonely, to use that for his license. >> > > Poor fellow. > the difference -- and my source is having read a DJB essay on the subject -- is that you must legally obtain the work. Since its own CPAN, for download, your copy is legally obtained. I have no use for the RIAA. Since they began their reign of terror, I have destroyed all my recorded music. When I want to hear something specific, I have my in-house minstrels. -- "This is not a 'bug'. Being documented, it is merely a 'restriction'." -- Intercal manual
