Re: Do I have claim to the source-code?

2007-01-02 Thread Merijn de Weerd
On 2007-01-01, John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ondrej Michalek writes: Could you please help me? I have a Linux-running set-top-box at home. It is not mine, I rent it for a nominal month fee from my IP-TV provider (Telefónica O2, Czech Republic). Is my right to have the source-code?

Re: Do I have claim to the source-code?

2007-01-02 Thread John Hasler
Merijn writes: But copyright-wise, rental is just another act of distribution. See http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode17/usc_sec_17_0109000-.html particularly (b)(1)(B)(i) and (d). -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI USA

Re: Do I have claim to the source-code?

2007-01-02 Thread John Hasler
I wrote: See http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode17/usc_sec_17_0109000-.html particularly (b)(1)(B)(i) and (d). Merijn writes: What I'm saying is that you can't rent someone a piece of software without a valid license. TITLE 17 Ch 1 § 109 (b)(1)(B)(i) says that you can if

Re: Do I have claim to the source-code?

2007-01-02 Thread Tim Smith
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Merijn de Weerd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2007-01-02, John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Merijn writes: But copyright-wise, rental is just another act of distribution. See http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode17/usc_sec_17_0109000-.

Re: autotools automake autoconf

2007-01-02 Thread Ron Baker, Pluralitas!
Miles Bader [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Ron Baker,Pluralitas! [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The one really stupid part though is the rigmarole of running the various programs in the right order (as you seemed to have been asking That doesn't sound dead simple