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GPL a contract or a license

Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, March 20 2013 @ 08:12 AM EDT

The copy is first made and then (afterwards) distributed. It's either pirated
copy or lawfully made copy irrespective of eventual distribution afterwards. You
can't have sorta legal time machine to turn lawfully made copy into pirated one
just because someone doesn't want to provide source code (that's obviously
contractual obligation at most and has nothing to do with the copyright
infringement BTW).

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GPL a contract or a license - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, March 20 2013 @ 12:29 PM EDT
GPL a contract or a license - Authored by: cjk fossman on Wednesday, March 20 2013 @ 12:35 PM EDT
- Consider it insanity - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, March 20 2013 @ 03:27 PM EDT
- GPL a contract or a license - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, March 20 2013 @ 07:01 PM EDT
Copy only if you agree to be held by the terms of the agreement - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, March 20 2013 @ 01:18 PM EDT
- Copy only if you agree to be held by the terms of the agreement - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, March 20 2013 @ 01:34 PM EDT
  - Copy only if you agree to be held by the terms of the agreement - Authored by: PJ on Wednesday, March 20 2013 @ 01:37 PM EDT
    - Copy only if you agree to be held by the terms of the agreement - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, March 20 2013 @ 01:48 PM EDT
      - Copy only if you agree to be held by the terms of the agreement - Authored by: PJ on Wednesday, March 20 2013 @ 09:37 PM EDT
        Copy only if you agree to be held by the terms of the agreement - Authored by: PJ on Wednesday, March 20 2013 @ 09:51 PM EDT
    - I wonder - an attempt at subversion perhaps? - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, March 20 2013 @ 03:46 PM EDT
      - I wonder - an attempt at subversion perhaps? - Authored by: PJ on Wednesday, March 20 2013 @ 09:37 PM EDT
  - Copy only if you agree to be held by the terms of the agreement - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, March 20 2013 @ 01:51 PM EDT
    - Copy only if you agree to be held by the terms of the agreement - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, March 20 2013 @ 02:02 PM EDT
      - Copy only if you agree to be held by the terms of the agreement - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, March 20 2013 @ 02:17 PM EDT
        Copy only if you agree to be held by the terms of the agreement - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, March 20 2013 @ 02:29 PM EDT
        Copy only if you agree to be held by the terms of the agreement - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, March 20 2013 @ 02:42 PM EDT
        Copy only if you agree to be held by the terms of the agreement - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, March 20 2013 @ 03:13 PM EDT
        Copy only if you agree to be held by the terms of the agreement - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, March 20 2013 @ 03:36 PM EDT
        Time to stop feeding ... - Authored by: cjk fossman on Wednesday, March 20 2013 @ 06:14 PM EDT
GPL a contract or a license - Authored by: PJ on Wednesday, March 20 2013 @ 01:39 PM EDT

GPL a contract or a license

Authored by: cricketjeff on Wednesday, March 20 2013 @ 10:09 AM EDT

There is no restriction on copying GPLed code, only on distributing it. Even
those who obtained their copy via a distribution that broke the terms of the
license are still allowed to make copies. There are no pirate copies, only
illicit distributions.

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