On Friday 26 August 2005 02:51 am, MJ Ray wrote: > Sean Kellogg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [...] When a user downloads phpbb2 and joins it with PHP to > > create the finished derivative product it seems they are in violation of > > the license. > > Can users call the combined thing "0x6a671236" or something? > It'd still be accurate to say it's produced from phpbb2. I doubt > many of them refer to that bit by name anyway. > > Yes, it sucks. EU users might not need to worry: I think a directive > says that copying necessary to use software isn't infringement (from > memory of the summary in last Autumn's copyright consultation paper > by the European Commission).
Well, the US has a similar clause regarding holding necessary copying as non-infringing, which I mentioned in one of the first mails on this subject. But while you certainly wouldn't be liable for it, you would be creating a derivative work... which is all I'm trying to say here. > > I was under the impression that d-l took it as one of its > > responsibilities to ensure that users don't get put in these sorts of > > situations. > > Responsibility to ensure? Can't really ensure it, so can't really take that > responsibility on with any honesty. I think we try our best. Is picking > this over our best? PHP seem unlikely to try enforcing against phpbb2: > > Q. I've written a project in PHP that I'm going to release as open > source, and I'd like to call it PHPTransmogrifier. Is that OK? > > A. We cannot really stop you from using PHP in the name of your > project unless you include any code from the PHP distribution [...] If that's cool by Debian, it's certainly cool by me :) > (from http://www.php.net/license/ ) > > Having a PEAR-approved licence which requires untruthful statements > seems a more obvious and fixable problem. Yeah, certainly is problematic. -- Sean Kellogg 3rd Year - University of Washington School of Law Graduate & Professional Student Senate Treasurer UW Service & Activities Committee Interim Chair w: http://www.probonogeek.org So, let go ...Jump in ...Oh well, what you waiting for? ...it's all right ...'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
