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# DISABLES ADDITIONAL ACTIONS FOR DRAFTERS

Issue 1134: Copyleft provides enough protection

This Issue is part of the discussion on:
#1136: (fontana) Umbrella issue for objections to this provision


Regarding the text: no permission is given to distribute covered works that illegally invade users' privacy,
In section: gpl3.drm.p0.s3
Submitted by: fontana (SFLC Attorney) on 2006-04-30 at 17:05 EDT
1 agree: andrewpm
noted by fontana (SFLC Attorney) on 2006-04-30 at 17:05 EDT:

Some have argued (citing the FSF's own statements regarding HESSLA) that sufficient protection against spyware and the like is provided by the operation of copyleft. A recipient of software that illegally invades privacy can modify the software to remove or disable the privacy-invading element.
Member ticket #193 added by fontana (SFLC Attorney) on 2006-04-30 at 17:05 EDT
Reference to http://www.gnu.org/licenses/hessla.html added by fontana (SFLC Attorney) on 2006-04-30 at 17:06 EDT

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