On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 05:00:05PM +0300, Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote: > AFAIK, No one needs a license to use the software, unless a patent is > involved. Copyright does not control use - only distribution. > > If you can show that the software was lawfully distributed to you, you > have every right to use it.
AFAIR, this has been disputed, with some claiming that using software essentially involves creating a copy of it. I don't know if that claim was ever resolved in courts - was it? Anyway, you're right, I should've been more careful in my silly example. -- avva "There's nothing simply good, nor ill alone" -- John Donne ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
