2009/3/9 Ben Finney <[email protected]>: > I think this clause would be well outside the bounds of copyright law; > or, if it's not, it should be. > Copyright is *not* a tool appropriate for exercising arbitrary control > over recipients of a work; it is a tool for protecting *rights* of the > copyright holder. The further you get from reasonable rights of an > individual into affecting the lives of others, the further it goes > from a right of freedom toward a grant of power over other people. > Your proposed clause, as far as I can determine, is clearly an > exercise of power over others, and not a right that anyone should > have.
In this sense, it works like an EULA, with the same ethical problems. - d. _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
