[Fwd: [gnu.org #220719] Re: python and gpl]

[Richard Brodie]

"Tim Churches" <tchur at optushome.com.au> wrote in message
news:mailman.1861.1107484943.22381.python-list at python.org...

> 1) In Australia and Europe at least, loading program code from disc into memory in
> order to execute it is not considered as making an infringing copy under copyright law.

I don't think it's as clear cut as that. Sony won their modchip case in Britain
for exactly that reason. They lost in Australia and elsewhere in Europe.