Re: Linux GPL and binary module exception clause?

From: Arjan van de Ven
Date: Fri Dec 05 2003 - 11:56:27 EST



> So copies to disk and RAM that are "an essential step in the utilization of
> the computer program" are non-infringing.

probably true for the US, most definitely not true in europe... it's
explicit in law here that copying from disk-to-ram and ram-to-cpu is
distributing in the "need a license" sense...

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