GPL compliance

[Alexander Skwar]

ubuntu at rio.vg wrote:
> Alexander Skwar wrote:
>> ubuntu at rio.vg wrote:
>>>
>>> It goes like this:
>>>
>>> 1) By default, a computer program cannot be distributed.
>>> 2) The author places the GPL on the program.
>>> 3) The program can now be distributed or modified, as long as the
>>> requirements are met.
>> 
>> Is that actually true? I can't believe that (which doesn't
>> mean anything, that's certainly true *G*). What should somebody
>> stop from distributing his program? Further, I'd rather say,
>> that it's the other way around - you need to specify, what's
>> not allowed. But that's a guts feeling and very likely depends
>> on the country where, hmm, the distributor? (or who?) sits.
> 
> By default, it is illegal to distribute someone else's work.

Okay, but as I already wrote, that's not how I understood what
you wrote. I understood "1) By default, a computer program cannot be distributed."
to mean, that the *author* cannot be distributed. This was a
misunderstanding on my side.


Alexander Skwar
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