"Alexander" == Alexander Terekhov <terekhov@web.de> writes:
Alexander> Momchil Velikov wrote: >> >> >>>>> "Alexander" == Alexander Terekhov <terekhov@web.de> writes: >> Alexander> You can violate the distribution right only with Alexander> illegal/unlawful/pirated copies >> >> But the only way to obtain a legal copy is to accept the license: >> >> "5. You are not required to accept this License, since you have not >> signed it. However, nothing else grants you permission to modify or >> distribute the Program or its derivative works. These actions are >> prohibited by law if you do not accept this License" >> >> Is it possible to accept it and not be bound by its terms ? Alexander> You don't "accept" anything when you buy a book. What you do or don't with other kinds of merchandise is irrelevant. My question is simple: how can you claim you poses a legal copy of a GPL'ed work and not be bound by the GPL ? What are the other means (if any) to obtain a legal copy of a GPL'ed work ? Because the rights you claim you have under 17 USC 109 are preconditioned on having a legal copy, no ? ~velco