Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 15:28:35 -0300 From: =?UTF-8?Q?fran=C3=A7ai_s?= <romapera15@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What are the countries that have the laws that make it illegal you from writing any code that you want? Message-ID: <CAK_6RwcqMb9U%2BUg6MyXwo0Q8A5=Yudxg_ETf_Y0szsvCZSFv1A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAK_6RwfZNKNPTXmD5NFt2puaRM4B-gKi7nFRHPVPzyPVj4MN0g@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAK_6RwfZNKNPTXmD5NFt2puaRM4B-gKi7nFRHPVPzyPVj4MN0g@mail.gmail.com>
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2014-10-30 14:18 GMT-03:00, fran=C3=A7ai s <romapera15@gmail.com>: > Hi to all > > It is written in documentation " A Quick Guide to GPLv3 " of GNU > Operating System in title " Neutralizing Laws That Prohibit Free > Software =E2=80=94 But Not Forbidding DRM ": > > " You're probably familiar with the Digital Restrictions Management > (DRM) on DVDs and other media. You're probably also familiar with the > laws that make it illegal to write your own tools to bypass those > restrictions, like the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the > European Union Copyright Directive. Nobody should be able to stop you > from writing any code that you want, and GPLv3 protects this right for > you. > > It's always possible to use GPLed code to write software that > implements DRM. However, if someone does that with code protected by > GPLv3, section 3 says that the system will not count as an effective > technological "protection" measure. This means that if you break the > DRM, you'll be free to distribute your own software that does that, > and you won't be threatened by the DMCA or similar laws. > > As usual, the GNU GPL does not restrict what people do in software; it > just stops them from restricting others. " > > What are the countries that have the laws that make it illegal to > write your own tools to bypass restrictions, like the Digital > Millennium Copyright Act and the European Union Copyright Directive? > > What are the countries that have the laws that make it illegal you > from writing any code that you want? > > Please, all answer , free software is irresistible to me > > > How contributing to the FreeBSD Project writing code? > I forgot to quote the reference: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/quick-guide-gplv3.html
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