Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > (1) The idea that compiling and linking a program is not restricted > > by copyright; you don't need special permission to compile and link > > a program once you have obtained a copy of it.
On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 09:03:58AM -0700, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > But this is a confusion. In one sense it's true, but in another sense > it's false. I was refering to the copying involved in compiling and linking, which was a point that you brought up. > In the instant case, compiling and linking is not specifically > prohibited by the copyright statute, but that doesn't mean that you > can ignore the fact that they are going on. They might well be part > of a larger more complicated activity, which *is* an act of illegal > copying. Sure. Laws about computer programs are very non-intuitive. In essence, the laws don't regulate the bits, but regulate what the bits represent. -- Raul
