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-.

Do I have claim to the source-code?

2007-01-01 Thread Pan . Bong
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

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

2007-01-01 Thread Christopher Browne
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?

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

2007-01-01 Thread John Hasler
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. --