Fedor Zuev wrote: >On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, Matthew Garrett wrote: >>See http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1988/Ukpga_19880048_en_3.htm#mdiv17 >>- in the UK, installation from CD requires permission from the copyright >>holder. There are no fair use provisions, either. > >IMHO, this is slightly outdated revision of Act.
No, that's copyright law as it currently exists in the UK. >But you, as well, can use analogy with previous point. >You anyway can't read information directly from CD, without copying >it somewhere. So, to read GFDL you should have either statutory >right, or someone's explicit permission to copy. Right. And the GFDL explicitly grants me permission to copy, as long as I don't do so in such a way that technical methods are used to prevent access to my copy. Which would include copying it to an encrypted filesystem. Quack quack oops. -- Matthew Garrett | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
