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?
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).
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John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI USA
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
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-.
Hi all,
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? Is it their obligation to provide
it? Am I right that since the software is
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all,
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?
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?
Not if you do not own the copies of the binaries.
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