Re: Contradictiory directions

[Alexandre Garreau]

Le merkredo, 15-a de decembro 2021, 14-a horo kaj 4:16 CET Po Lu a écrit :
> Óscar Fuentes <ofv@wanadoo.es> writes:
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> > Nothing is legally required to comply with the GPL. The FSF does not
> > dictate law, it uses a license and hopes for the best.
> 
> IANAL, but the FSF has them, and as far as they can see, the GPL is a
> valid license.  Not to mention that it has already been declared valid
> in court many times.

Copyright is about distribution, not usage.  A creator of an extension can 
use it how person wish, whatever the license, as long as it’s done in 
private.  Rarely a law takes the burden to stop you from doing something 
that doesn’t impact others.

> So instead of being pedantic, it is reasonable to say that people
> creating Emacs and GCC modules are legally required to comply with the
> GPL.

Copyright is not made to restrict copyrights “owners”, but users.