Originally posted by chithanh
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The reality is with Kernel Self Protection Project fund by Linux Foundation they do have an Oracle like competitor now so they better get use to i.
Originally posted by chithanh
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Code being in the public does not alter it copyright status or the copyright status of anything you generate from it. GPL is not public domain. So claim of no conflict is wrong and you logic is how people get caught.
Modifying a copyright protected work you need to meet at 1 of the following conditions to be legal.
1) Have permission from the copyright holder with GPL that permission is modify as GPL.
2) You actions be inside what is classed as fair use under copyright law.
Problem with number 2 is fair use is up to the court you end up in front of.
These rules don't change no matter what. People forgot public domain means the copyright holder is everyone so you have permission. Out of copyright is in fact wrong. Out of copyright means the copyright has transferred to everyone.
Already in public is also wrong. 70+ years from the death of the last author is when a GPL work comes technically in the public. GPL works are published not public. Miss using the term public means you totally end up miss understanding what the copyright status is.
There is no loop hole here. People only think there is a loop hole when they don't understand what public means in a copyright sense. A public work is a public domain work where everyone is the copyright holder and that is not GPL. Already public that people look up conditions are only for public domain works. Published works like GPL. Apache.... have conditions that must be followed.
Some of the confusing comes from GPL name. General Public License. The problem here is "General Public" has to be taken as one thing. General Public in fact means a section of Public not everyone like Public domain. Companies have attempt to argue the Public word in GPL before only to have head handed to them in court as they are pointed out what General Public means. The General Public in GPL are the people who obey the GPL license anyone else is not the General Public is referring to.
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