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What GPL/EU compatibility is needed?What GPL/EU compatibility is needed?Posted Jan 9, 2013 11:43 UTC (Wed) by ekj (guest, #1524)In reply to: What GPL/EU compatibility is needed? by etienne Parent article: European Union's open source license to become compatible with GPLv3
Yes. If you legally acquired the software, you can use it without breaking any laws.
But of course, the copyright-holder could sue you for illegally distributing a derived work from your FTP-server.
Those are two entirely distinct questions:
1) Can you legally *use* this software that you legally downloaded from wherever ? Yes you can.
2) Can you legally distribute copies of it, or works that are derived from it, without the permission of the copyright-holder ? No you can not.
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