<div dir="ltr">On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 1:22 AM, Oleg Goldshmidt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pub@goldshmidt.org">pub@goldshmidt.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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</div></div>Someone gave you, i.e., "conveyed", "distributed", that object code<br>
whose only purpose is to create the browser when linked to some GPLed<br>
code. Therefore this object code is derivative work of the GPL code.<br>
Therefore if it is not GPLed the aforementioned "someone" is in<br>
violation of GPL. A user of such a browser who wants to have a look at<br>
or modify the browser will have a petty good case.<br>
<br></blockquote></div>Purpose? Where does the GPL say anything about purpose? Besides, I'm looking for a copyright violation. The object code is owned by whoever conveys it, so there is no issue here. It doesn't matter if it violates anything, because the worst thing GPL can do is to revert to good old copyright.<br>
<br>As for the GPLed part, here's what GPLv3 says:<br><br>4. Conveying Verbatim Copies.
<p>You may convey verbatim copies of the Program's source code as you
receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously and
appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate copyright notice;
keep intact all notices stating that this License and any
non-permissive terms added in accord with section 7 apply to the code;
keep intact all notices of the absence of any warranty; and give all
recipients a copy of this License along with the Program.</p>
No copyright violation either.<br><br>Bottom line: I still can't see the problem.<br></div>