From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 30 18:28:37 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1CF3B523 for ; Thu, 30 Oct 2014 18:28:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qc0-x22e.google.com (mail-qc0-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c01::22e]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D1DCEFD9 for ; Thu, 30 Oct 2014 18:28:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qc0-f174.google.com with SMTP id r5so4646103qcx.5 for ; Thu, 30 Oct 2014 11:28:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=scMaWDqGZ8n2m/yaRqyrIPD7MwKAjCBWff9DZUYZMtM=; b=fPlcFrUiw/OvJbGCF9R29u+SA2aZO8kmF2M52KdLam+0ojCzPzWSk8MVxfZ9fBiHS9 MyTF7w80KPclOtUXXF/wPTMSimF1Mgss/ZhYLEgkMAe/6FbMT7VZZq2nC3csrZjv1cmM nP49Q9vfg/J7CtADUeCZKMaZf6vwVMuWBczYd3d2MGNZ455H51YJrrk/MvmG3OLsuMmI 5qE/lwcsYFZvEbj0rc8AxEHh/7m4oE3nCO2uOfpkhbCo+cXUuJ+ov+YbZcxwsL3gDz1V qWrQdP2201+ruNMPXpBzsO3FBoM+yNqkb/1OUkwus1/1WEtEmFjFfcXzOwI136lKwpFD EQgw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.224.25.129 with SMTP id z1mr28893057qab.3.1414693715893; Thu, 30 Oct 2014 11:28:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.140.42.55 with HTTP; Thu, 30 Oct 2014 11:28:35 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 15:28:35 -0300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: What are the countries that have the laws that make it illegal you from writing any code that you want? From: =?UTF-8?Q?fran=C3=A7ai_s?= To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 18:28:37 -0000 2014-10-30 14:18 GMT-03:00, fran=C3=A7ai s : > 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