Thanks All, I will take photos of the license screens tomorrow, and email out the GPL and offers of distribution elements. I'll also try and get the PDF of the manual and send a link to it.
I'll also phone back the helpdesk and send details of the conversation. Kind Regards, Matt Jones On 18 August 2013 07:16, Arnt Karlsen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, 17 Aug 2013 18:48:49 -0700, Bruce wrote in message > <[email protected]>: > > > In the case of a rented car, I don't believe that there is any > > distribution. There is performance. > > ..a rented car is never meant to cross your door step, it's > typically meant for e.g. a vacation ride along Route 66. > > ..all ISP's I know of here in Norway, "rent out" broadband modems. > These _are_ meant to cross your door step, and to remain behind > your locked door "while your modem is on Internet." > The ones I have, runs Linux, a couple runs Busybox, no mention of > source code nor of the GPL, which is "quite a performance." ;o) > > > > But at least in the U.S., there > > is no public performance right for software. Only for audio > > recordings, plays, and a few other specific kinds of work. The terms > > of Affero GPL are an attempt to make up for the lack of a public > > performance right that we could use to trigger the license. > > > > Arnt Karlsen <[email protected]> wrote: > > >On Fri, 16 Aug 2013 18:13:25 -0700, Chris wrote in message > > ><CAEq5uw=O87t9P-40Zuos5cdZdGtBGYi-8twWtcB5k=1wvn+...@mail.gmail.com>: > > > > > >> You might want to check you owners manual. They sometimes comply > > >> with the acknowledgement/ doc requirements there. > > > > > >..what about rented cars, can you hand it back to the owner > > >without source code, if you are a commercial figure? As a > > >private non-commersial person, you can use the GPLv2's ยง3c. > > > -- > ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen > ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... > Scenarios always come in sets of three: > best case, worst case, and just in case. > >
