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Konsole license violations highlight GPL confusion (Linux.com)Konsole license violations highlight GPL confusion (Linux.com)Posted Oct 9, 2006 3:09 UTC (Mon) by vonbrand (subscriber, #4458)In reply to: Konsole license violations highlight GPL confusion (Linux.com) by lutchann Parent article: Konsole license violations highlight GPL confusion (Linux.com)
This is wrong, no executable here goes against GPL (which, via copyright, controls distribution and modifications; in the US it can't control running the program). I may get the program illegaly, it means I have no right to use it; but if I get it (or parts to it) legally, what I do is my own business. IANAL, in any case.
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Konsole license violations highlight GPL confusion (Linux.com) Posted Oct 13, 2006 0:49 UTC (Fri) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954) [Link] in the US it can't control running the program This seems right to me, but there was a case a few years ago that really muddied the water: a court found that a universal garage door opener remote control violated copyright law. The remote control cracked the opener code in order to get the opener to open the door. That was found to be a violation of DMCA, which prohibits circumventing security designed to prevent copying. Somehow, the court found that causing the door opening code to run inside the opener was a copy, such that causing that code to run was the sole right of the opener manufacturer under copyright law. I'm not a copyright lawyer; I can't tell if this logic applies to running the Konsole code, but it might.
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