[kwlug disc.] Linux Magazine

[Bob Jonkman]

This is what Cedric Puddy <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> said
about "Re: [kwlug disc.] Linux Magazine" on 19 Mar 2007 at 23:45

> "It's all about the **expression** of the idea/data". [...] The
> re-assembly & re-creation of the work  is a protectable act, since
> it creates a new instance (expression) of  the work, and thus each
> instance gets a fresh time frame of protection. 

[Joe writes:]
> > I'd much rather support the magazine than just copy the gpl content 
> > off their DVD since I'm sure it will be useful to me.
> 
> Agreed -- the FLOSS way is to avoid any unnecessary contravening of
> wishes, and so even if their request was completely silly on serious
> examination, we'd still want to go get our own virgin copy (flex 
> those FLOSS rights we spend so much time talking about, right? :)


While I'm absolutely opposed to violating the wishes of the magazine, I'm curious about the 
GPL licences under which the distros are created -- the nature of GPL requires that any 
derivative works grant the same rights and freedoms to reproduce the work.  Seems to me it's 
a violation of the GPL to disallow copying.

Interestingly, while the copyright disclaimer I quoted earlier is in the masthead of the 
magazine, there's no such language on the DVD.  But I'll write to the magazine to see what 
the official word is...

--Bob.

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