"Alfred M\. Szmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I don't have physical access to most, if not all, places where I > > get free software. > > You can't get anything without access to the physical media, and > you need the owner's permission to access the media. > > And since my employer gave me such access
Access, but not ownership. > by giving me a CD to install on the local server, the license comes > into play; Nope. The license is given to the licensee, and you are not the licensee, as you don't get to own the CD. You are only acting on behalf of the company. > and if I so wish, I can redistribute the content if the license of > that content allows me to do so. But the license doesn't. The license allows the owner of the CD to redistribute. > The employer cannot say that I am not allowed to do so, since that > would violate the license. No, it wouldn't, as he is not distributing the software to you by letting you install it on his server. You are not a third party, but acting as the employer's agent. You don't understand internal use. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum _______________________________________________ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
