Guy Baruch wrote: > Patents, on the other hand, can (and often do) directly affect SW, and > especially > _new_ SW (as opposed with ripped copies of *.exe or *.wav )
One of the big problems is that Israel's newest copyright law makes it illegal to SELL copyrighted software that you don't have the rights to sell, e.g. "bootleg", but does not make it illegal to BUY it. While this protects the person who buys a bootleg copy in a box that looks like a legal copy, it also protects the person who buys a copy at the Tel Aviv bus station. On the other hand, it still is illegal to buy one copy and propigate it throughout your network if it comes with a single user license. (or to use a five user license 20 times). One of the nice things about Windows XP and Office XP, is the first time you use them they register with a server at Microsoft. When a single user key starts showing up multiple times, a real person gets notified. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] 972-54-608-069 Do sysadmins count networked sheep? ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
