From: Oliver Scholz <epameinondas@gmx.de>
Cc: stephen@xemacs.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: May I publish a Windows Installer for GNU Emacs?
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 06:58:42 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <uad915q7x.fsf@ID-87814.user.dfncis.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <x5fziujlh6.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (David Kastrup's message of "18 Sep 2003 15:05:09 +0200")
FWIW this point is mentioned in the GPL FAQ. They distinguish the
case of stealing an unpublished CD from stealing a CD that has been
released elsewhere.
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#StolenCopy
If someone steals a CD containing a version of a GPL-covered
program, does the GPL give him the right to redistribute that
version?
If the version has been released elsewhere, then the thief
probably does have the right to make copies and redistribute
them under the GPL, but if he is imprisoned for stealing the
CD he may have to wait until his release before doing so.
If the version in question is unpublished and considered by a
company to be its trade secret, then publishing it may be a
violation of trade secret law, depending on other
circumstances. The GPL does not change that. If the company
tried to release its version and still treat it as a trade
secret, that would violate the GPL, but if the company hasn't
released this version, no such violation has occurred.
Oliver
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Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-09-12 16:20 May I publish a Windows Installer for GNU Emacs? Frank Schmitt
2003-09-12 17:28 ` David Kastrup
2003-09-12 17:37 ` Frank Schmitt
[not found] ` <ich@Frank-Schmitt.net>
2003-09-12 18:52 ` Peter S Galbraith
2003-09-12 20:20 ` David Kastrup
2003-09-12 20:50 ` Frank Schmitt
2003-09-13 9:02 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2003-09-15 4:53 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2003-09-15 23:07 ` Richard Stallman
2003-09-16 6:54 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2003-09-16 7:42 ` Miles Bader
2003-09-16 22:27 ` David Kastrup
2003-09-17 12:01 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2003-09-17 12:44 ` David Kastrup
2003-09-18 11:06 ` Richard Stallman
2003-09-18 13:05 ` David Kastrup
2003-09-18 22:44 ` Richard Stallman
2003-09-18 23:05 ` David Kastrup
2003-09-19 4:58 ` Oliver Scholz [this message]
2003-09-19 9:49 ` David Kastrup
[not found] ` <ullslrp8n.fsf@ID-87814.user.dfncis.de>
2003-09-19 13:40 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2003-09-19 15:06 ` Richard Stallman
2003-09-19 10:49 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2003-09-21 0:51 ` Kevin Ryde
2003-09-16 6:17 ` Frank Schmitt
2003-09-12 19:44 ` Benjamin Riefenstahl
2003-09-12 20:07 ` Peter Lee
2003-09-12 21:00 ` Jason Rumney
2003-09-13 2:27 ` Peter Lee
2003-09-12 20:47 ` Frank Schmitt
2003-09-13 14:01 ` Benjamin Riefenstahl
2003-09-14 7:47 ` Frank Schmitt
2003-09-13 9:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-09-13 11:10 ` Frank Schmitt
2003-09-13 13:57 ` Richard Stallman
2003-09-13 19:25 ` Frank Schmitt
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