Re: scope of linux in the corporates...

David Schwartz writes:
So if you could make a copy of a GPL'd work without having to accompany
it with the source, you could transfer that copy to another person
without needing permission from the GPL to "distribute" the work.

There is no other person involved here.

I have a copy of binary of a GPL work, and I have a copy of the source. I
copy the binary. Do I need to copy the source as well? Of course not. It
is already accompanied by a copy of the source: the one I have in my other
hand.
--
John Hasler
john@xxxxxxxxxx
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI USA
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