The "problem" is that corporations like to define their coproprate self, including all those that they hire or sub-contract from as a single entity, just like the "end user you" (which may by the same extension be a family all sharing one computer).
Now, traditionally, companies have not tracked down individual users of copyrighted materials and tried to enforce non-infringement clauses upon them. However, traditionally, the mechanism for making "quality" duplication of originals was by itself prohibitively expensive. So, if I took out my cassette deck and recorded a song that was playing on the radio, it wasn't much harm to their profits--I would probably eventually buy the same material (on an LP record or a 45) to get a durable copy of decent quality. Equally importantly, if some money making concern, say a dentists office wanted to play the music, companies *would* charge them for individual use--e.g. Muzak. Now, in constrast, things have changed. Everyone can make high qualtiy copies with an effectively infinite life-span. The music and movie industries have started suing individual users. It isn't a far stretch to see the same things applying to software. As a result, I think at some point someone will sue someone over the fact that the party being sued "internally" distributed software violating the suing party's license which had requirements on distribution that the party being sued did not meet. -Chris ***************************************************************************** Chris Clark Internet : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Compiler Resources, Inc. Web Site : http://world.std.com/~compres 23 Bailey Rd voice : (508) 435-5016 Berlin, MA 01503 USA fax : (978) 838-0263 (24 hours) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3