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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Gentle people,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>I'm not a laywer so if I'm missing something, please fill in.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> From: Gregor Hoffleit [<A HREF="mailto:gregor@mediasupervision.de">mailto:gregor@mediasupervision.de</A>]</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Well, the GPL says this:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> "Activities other than copying, distribution and </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> modification are not</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> covered by this License; they are outside its scope."</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Appears that the GPL does not grant any rights</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>relating to executing the Program based on this clause.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> "The act of running the Program is not restricted, and</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> the output from the Program is covered only if its contents</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> constitute a work based on the Program (independent of</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> having been made by running the Program). Whether that is </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> true depends on what the Program does."</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>The act of executing the Program is not restricted, but it</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>also doesn't appear to be granted by the GPL, as it is out</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>of scope of the GPL. Even when the output of the Program</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>is "covered", there is no text describing what rights would</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>be granted to the user of the output. Although there may be</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>an implication that the GPL may allow the user to "copy,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>distribute and modify" the Program output, that doesn't</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>implicitly grant any rights to the use of the output.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> and </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> "6. Each time you redistribute the Program (or any work based on the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Program), the recipient automatically receives a license from the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> original licensor to copy, distribute or modify the Program subject to</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> these terms and conditions. You may not impose any further</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> You are not responsible for enforcing compliance by third parties to</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> this License."</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Because the recipients' rights granted by the GPL do not apply to</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>executing the Program, restrictions on executing the Program would</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>not impose any further restrictions on any rights granted by the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>GPL.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Carter</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Carter Bullard</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>QoSient, LLC</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>New York, New York 10022</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Phone +1 212 813-9426</FONT>
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