Petr Novotny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> And you said that the copyright law is the same all over the world:
*Mostly*. There are differences, particularly in the areas of exceptions
for particular types of works, and I think the US law is considerably more
complicated in the area of audio recordings.
> The Czech copyright law explicitely permits to make modifications for
> your own use, and even you're allowed to as much reverse engineering as
> you need to keep the software doing what you bought it for (my wording
> is inexact).
That sounds like a much saner approach.
> On the other hand, the Czech law assumes that a program is essentially a
> book. Plus, it pretty much forbids free software by stating that the
> author must be paid for the copyright...
That, on the other hand... *wry grin*
> But the bottom line is: The licence for qmail may or may not hold. It's
> not as straightforward as many other licences are.
Yup. Exactly.
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Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <URL:http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
