FC4 or FC5

Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com
Thu Jun 15 07:11:21 UTC 2006


On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 17:26, Peter Gordon wrote:
> jdow wrote:
> > Heh, how many people on this list are using illegal software so that
> > they can view their DVDs on Linux in the United States? In theory they
> > are violating the GPL [...]
> 
> Wrong. You only violate the GPL by attempting to redistribute such software.
> Again: The GPL does *not* restrict _usage_ of the software in any way
> whatsoever.

Yes, if a person writes his own linkage to the non-gpl'd part
he does not violate the GPL.  Now, how did everyone else
get their copies? 

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  Les Mikesell
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