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You can modify copyrighted things, you just can't in general copy your modified version.
by brianpgordon 13y ago
You can modify copyrighted things, you just can't in general copy your modified version.
- msbarnett 13y agoBecause a number of court cases have sided with the interpretation that "copying bits into RAM for execution" is itself governed by copyright law, in practice you wouldn't be able to use your modified software without breaking copyright. This is why software licenses are "needed" -- lacking some kind of limited license to make copies, execution of software isn't permitted.