On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 03:16:39PM +0000, Bob wrote: > Matthew Toseland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Under UK law almost any time you copy a file is a copyright infringement > > unless you have explicit permission or are covered by one of the > > incredibly narrow exceptions. There is no real "fair use", in the > > american sense. I might argue that in the UK it is necessary to accept > > the GPL in order to use GPL'd software. > > Hmm, well if that's true then I suppose it has to stay in some form. I thought > that use was implicitly granted under the GPL's reversion to copyright, and > making one backup copy is IIRC a right that can't be taken away by a EULA > after > the 'point of sale' on both sides of the pond (despite attempts to deny it > through copy protection.)
No, making a backup copy is only allowed if the documentation says it is allowed. That's one of the exceptions in the 1988 Copyright Act. > > The only possible way I can see around it is to explicitly grant anyone the > right to use and distribute the software as-is, as a copyright license. Then > layer the optional GPL license rights on top of that if they agree to them. > This > sort of dual licensing isn't very elegant though. Eww. Just let the user agree to the GPL. > > > These issues are complex precisely because there are cross country > > issues... > > Anyhow, what do you propose we do about it? I don't want to have to get > > people to agree to the GPL when they run the distribution servlet... > > Fair enough, it seems to be less straightforward than I thought. Perhaps just > change the dialog text to note that whether agreeing is required only to use > the > software may depend on their local laws, hence it may be non-binding in that > case. Clickthroughs have no real legal meaning anyway. Actually a recent case involving Blizzard suggests that clickthroughs are legally valid. > > The maxNodeConnections=60 winstaller bug is probably more important :) Absolutely. Do you happen to code Windoze? :) > > Bob -- Matthew J Toseland - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/ ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so.
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