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MPAAs University Toolkit hit with DMCA takedown notice after GPL violation (ars technica)MPAAs University Toolkit hit with DMCA takedown notice after GPL violation (ars technica)Posted Dec 6, 2007 17:29 UTC (Thu) by zlynx (subscriber, #2285)In reply to: MPAAs University Toolkit hit with DMCA takedown notice after GPL violation (ars technica) by etienne_lorrain@yahoo.fr Parent article: MPAAs University Toolkit hit with DMCA takedown notice after GPL violation (ars technica)
Of course you can continue to use GPL software. Who is doing the distributing and copying? Not the user. The CDROM publisher or web site owner is the one producing the copy.
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MPAAs University Toolkit hit with DMCA takedown notice after GPL violation (ars technica) Posted Dec 7, 2007 10:50 UTC (Fri) by etienne_lorrain@yahoo.fr (guest, #38022) [Link] > Who is doing the distributing and copying? Not the user. The act of installing the software from a CDROM to the hard disk is probably "creating a copy" under most copyright laws, because the user ends up with two instance of the software. > The CDROM publisher or web site owner is the one producing the copy. Only the shop selling his costumer a pre-installed Linux system enables the user not to do the copy himself. But anyway there is nothing to fear as a user, he cannot break the terms of the GPL license so cannot be refused his rights under the license.
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