Z:gnu-www-ja-copyright-versus-community-2000--f2c8bd-=3Cstrong=3ERMS=3C/strong=3E: Right./en

RMS : Right. There would have also to be a condition, a law that to sell copies of the software to the public the source code must be deposited somewhere so that three years later it can be released. So it could be deposited say, with the library of congress in the US, and I think other countries have similar institutions where copies of published books get placed, and they could also received the source code and after three years, publish it. And of course, if the source code didn't correspond to the executable that would be fraud, and in fact if it really corresponds then they ought to be able to check that very easily when the work is published initially so you're publishing the source code and somebody there says alright &ldquo;dot slash configure dot slash make&rdquo; and sees if produces the same executables and uh.