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Re: GPL traitor !
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David Kastrup |
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Re: GPL traitor ! |
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Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:23:21 +0200 |
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Hyman Rosen <hyrosen@mail.com> writes:
> David Kastrup wrote:
>> I can't put instructions for dynamic linking into a program and
>> blame the dynamic linker or the person running the program according
>> to instructions for the created in-memory copy.
>
> There is no blame or illegal act involved. Those dynamic libraries
> are already legally present on that person's computer. Their license,
> if they are under the GPL, permits them to be executed without any
> restrictions or requirements. US copyright law also allows copies of
> them to be made on the machine if the making of those copies is
> essential to running them.
>
> So most certainly, you can put instructions for dynamic linking
> into a program and incur no penalty or requirements for such an
> act. The actions of a computer program do not in any way affect
> the copyrights on that program. The program does not carry out
> any illegal or unauthorized actions when executed.
Sigh. A program is not a legally responsible entity. The responsible
party is the _writer_ of the program. I can't push away the
responsibility about what a program of mine does to somebody else.
Computer viruses are _exclusively_ executed by people different from the
virus author, on thousands of computers. Does it make _them_ reponsible
for what their computers do? Does it make the infected _programs_
responsible? Does it make the _computers_ responsible? Does it make
the _virus_ responsible?
No, the responsible party is the virus _author_. What happens is a
consequence of what _he_ did and intended.
--
David Kastrup
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- Re: GPL traitor !, Hyman Rosen, 2009/06/15
- Re: GPL traitor !, David Kastrup, 2009/06/15
- Re: GPL traitor !, Hyman Rosen, 2009/06/15
- Re: GPL traitor !, David Kastrup, 2009/06/15
- Re: GPL traitor !, Hyman Rosen, 2009/06/15
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- Re: GPL traitor !, Hyman Rosen, 2009/06/15
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- Re: GPL traitor !, Hyman Rosen, 2009/06/16
- Re: GPL traitor !, David Kastrup, 2009/06/16
- Re: GPL traitor !, Hyman Rosen, 2009/06/16
- Re: GPL traitor !, Andrew Halliwell, 2009/06/15
- Re: GPL traitor !, David Kastrup, 2009/06/15
- Re: GPL traitor !, Hyman Rosen, 2009/06/15
- Re: GPL traitor !, David Kastrup, 2009/06/16