Gregory's Server"If someone steals a CD containing a version of a GPL-covered program, does the GPL give the thief the right to redistribute that version?" The answer is somewhat complicated. Read the full answer at https://u.fsf.org/3kv
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"If someone steals a CD containing a version of a GPL-covered program, does the GPL give the thief the right to redistribute that version?" The answer is somewhat complicated. Read the full answer at https://u.fsf.org/3kv 1 comment
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@fsf Your answer to that question is quite misleading. First, if one's acquisition of the licence (text) is illegal, then one is not a legal licensee in the first place, regardless of where the source code has been published.
Second, whether the thief is allowed to re-distribute the work does not depend on whether he is imprisoned or not. He either is allowed or he isn't, but a prison sentence doesn't change that.