[svlug] Re: Business GPL concerns

[Mike Coleman]

"Karsten M. Self" <kmself at ix.netcom.com> writes:
> > What is the difference between giving someone a binary-only copy of a
> > compiler they can use on their own computer, and giving them access to
> > your computer on which they can use the compiler?
> 
> You aren't making a copy of anything in the second case.  Copyright
> concerns the right to make and distribute copies.  Not access rights, in
> most cases, where copying isn't involved.

Well, yes, but (as you may already know) copying of materials covered by the
GPL is only allowed via a license.  Future versions of this license (which
developers may choose to use in the future) could be altered to allow and
restrict copying in all sorts of different ways.

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