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If the person copied it from a legitimate version of windows that they originally bought, couldn't one then argue that they did have a license that they then violated?

I guess the point I am making is that I don't think that line tracks.



> couldn't one then argue that they did have a license that they then violated?

It's a thin line, but I would say no as they only had a license for a single thing, while GPL is a license for any amount of usage. What was violated was the context of usage, not that illigal copies where made (I mean copies => copyright ;=) ).

But I had similar thoughts, it's a really thin line.




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