On May 28, 1:06 am, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dom, 2007-05-27 às 14:56 -0500, John Hasler escreveu: > > > be described as "a copyright license". In fact, most "copyright licenses" > > --those between authors and publishers for example-- are contracts as well. > > No, there are contracts where authors assign or even sell (in some > jurisdictions) their copyrights. > > The Copyright is a temporary monopoly in order to give a negotiating > advantage to authors when dealing with editors/distributors. >
So then what is the difference between a copyright license and a contract, anyway? What rights does MS-EULA *grant* that would otherwise not be had under copyright law, instead of taking away rights? > > in addition to taking away many of the rights the copy owner would > > otherwise have. I was not aware that it did the so, but I haven't seen a > > recent version. > > For some years Microsoft's EULA removes your right to privacy. It also > explicitly allows Microsoft to inspect your premises for compliance, as > well as administrate your machines. > So then how is it just a copyright license, if you are agreeing to give information to Microsoft? > Hence the very appropriate term of Spyware as a description of > Microsoft's most popular software. > > Rui > > -- > + No matter how much you do, you never do enough -- unknown > + Whatever you do will be insignificant, > | but it is very important that you do it -- Gandhi > + So let's do it...? > > signature.asc > 1KDownload _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
