> Modifying a program you have legitimately acquired is Fair Dealing. > The Law of the Land gives you the right to do that, even if the > vendor restricts your exercise of that right in practice by > withholding the Source Code.
That is false. Modifying a program is "creating a derivative work". As purchaser of a copyrighted item, you normally *do not* have that right. And this certainly may vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. For a (quite dated at this point) discussion of this issue from a US perspective, see http://www.law.berkeley.edu/php-programs/faculty/facultyPubsPDF.php?facID=346&pubID=157 The author is a recognized expert in software IP law. -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
