On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 13:37, Richard Hoskins wrote: > David Clymer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Copyright is roughly "the right to make a copy." If you are given > > permission to make a copy of a work by the copyright holder, you may > > do so. Most works are distributed too widely to go around granting > > permission to everyone who wants a copy, so licenses are written > > which give one a way to permit people to copy and use a work without > > the copyright holder having to grant permission directly. > > Yes, I understand all that. I want to understand how the store in > question is violating the GPL in this case. (If in fact the logo is > under the GPL.) They are not preventing redistribution, withholding > source, preventing modification, or placing any other additional > restrictions on distribution or use. >
I have no idea :o) The focus of my argument was slightly different from the original topic. It was a response to "how can something that is 'free' be stolen?", rather than directly relating to whether the debian logo is being stolen in this case. > > ps. Please reply to the list. I'm subscribed. > > Sorry. My bad. It was a mistake, not my policy. > I thought that was probably the case, but wanted to make sure; no worries. -davidc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
