John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I wrote: >> "Finding it on some server" involves creating a copy on your >> computer. If you own the computer you own the copy. > > Implicit in my statement is that the server in question is > publically accessible, and that the URL of the file in question is > published there with no access controls.
Again: you'll find that publicly accessible servers have some statement concerning the status of software downloadable from them. > Clearly, publishing something on the Web grants an implicit license Being in some manner accessible does not involve "publishing". > to the public to make those copies necessary to view it: that's the > whole point of the Web. "the Web" consists of a lot of different protocols, and most people don't have dedicated lines for private exchanges. >> You'll find that selling any media or hardware (including a >> complete computer) preloaded is not one of the rights somebody who >> has hacked and downloaded a copy of anything onto his computer has >> acquired in the process. > > We are not discussing copies acquired by cracking a server. > > Really. So please give an example for some software which you consider free-for-the-taking due to it being on some public server without any notices concerning the legal status of the software. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
