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# DISABLES ADDITIONAL ACTIONS FOR DRAFTERS

Comment 234: No permission for illegal acts?

This Comment is part of the discussion on:
#1130: (fontana) Perceptions of "redundancy" or pointlessness of a denial of permission for illegal conduct


Regarding the text: no permission is given to distribute covered works that illegally invade users' privacy
In section: gpl3.drm.p0.s3
Submitted by: swehner on 2006-01-16 at 17:15 EST
6 agree: proski, neroden, pitrou, tsmithe, catzi, fej
noted by swehner on 2006-01-16 at 17:15 EST:

Why would a license declare that no permission is given to commit illegal acts?
noted by mortis on 2006-03-01 at 15:27 EST:

No it declares that DISTRIBUTION of works that commit illegal acts is disallowed. As such it is this part of the license-text that makes distribution of such works illegal as well.
noted by massa on 2006-05-17 at 14:14 EDT:

Anyway, many invasions of privacy are LEGAL. BUT, what is the legal definition of "invasion of privacy"? -- this is a more serious issue.

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