At 06:24 PM 2/21/2002 -0500, Greg London wrote: > >you're mixing copyright law and warranty law. > >you can sell a product "AS IS" which disclaims >all warranties, including the two implied warranties >of "mechantability" and "fitness for a particular purpose". >Software is almost always sold AS IS, although >the AS IS disclaimer is often not very eye-catching. > >But even if the product is being sold as-is, >if it is a artistic expression, >it can still be covered by copyright law. > >which means I can sell my software AS IS, >and sue someone for illegally copying my software. > >I've been trying to put together a decent document >that explains all the legal aspects that affect >software, and have a very rough draft here: > >http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-authors/id/G/GS/GSLONDON/giftware.2002_01_06.html
First, I was referring to the buyer selling the software company, not the other way around. It was in reference to the "I buy commercial software because I can sue them if it breaks. Can't sue an open souce project!" mentality. Secondly, WOW! I obviously haven't had time to read the whole document, but I'm impressed with what I saw. I'll be reading through it tonight & tomorrow. Looks like very interesting reading. Thanks for putting it together. Drew Drew Taylor JA[P|m_p|SQL]H http://www.drewtaylor.com/ Just Another Perl|mod_perl|SQL Hacker mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *** God bless America! ***
