drew Roberts skrev:
>>
>>> [Peter]
>>> To "distribute" is to make a work
available to the general public.
>>> Copying is not distribution.
>
> Is this a feature or a bug? How does this line up with
how the GPL handles it
> for programs?
>
I was a bit imprecise. When you distribute a copyrightable
work it's
implied that the work is made available to the general
public. Obviously
you also make copies of a work when you distribute. But if
you make 100
copies of a work and store those in your closet then those
100 copies
has not been distributed to anyone, they are just copies.
You are not
allowed to make that many copies without permission, but the
license (CC
licenses or, for example, the GPL) grants you that right and
it also
grants you the right to distribute the copies. The
difference between
distribution and copying is therefore mainly whether the
copies are made
available to the general public.
What is the general public? As far as copyright law goes,
probably not
more than five people, but this varies from jurisdiction to
jurisdiction.
It's worth remembering that neither "distribute"
or "copy" are concepts
originating from the license, they are part of the lingua of
copyright law.
/Peter Brink
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