In its’ very basic form a license has two distinct purposes:
a) limit whatever rights are granted by copyright law
b) grant new rights that go beyond copyright law
> Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not covered by this License; they are outside its scope. The act of running the Program is not restricted
I don’t see a contradiction
here.
The first part states that anything being granted by this license (purpose b) only applies to copying and distributing.
The second part simply states that no new restrictions (in the sense of purpose a) are made.
To be more explicit, the paragraph should be read as:
> The act of running the Program is not additionally restricted
a) limit whatever rights are granted by copyright law b) grant new rights that go beyond copyright law
> Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not covered by this License; they are outside its scope. The act of running the Program is not restricted
I don’t see a contradiction here.
The first part states that anything being granted by this license (purpose b) only applies to copying and distributing.
The second part simply states that no new restrictions (in the sense of purpose a) are made.
To be more explicit, the paragraph should be read as:
> The act of running the Program is not additionally restricted