BMG: "There will be no cd manufactured without copyprotection any more."

[SA_Dave]

Originally posted by pod
Not really, it isn't. Software is protected by IP laws by default (ie: copyright). Just because it is protected by IP does not in any way mean that it is immune from DMCA. Also, cdparanoia is not 'property of the Open Source community', it's the property of whoever created it.

You're looking at it from the point of view of traditional software licensing. The GPL is a legally binding copyleft contract. The original author is always given credit but the community can manipulate or distribute his IP in anyway they see fit.

I do agree with you that that doesn't make the software immune from legal challenges. However once it's released it's very difficult to prevent further distribution. I think that's what S2m was implying.