On 10/07/08 19:51, Patrick Anderson wrote: > Sorry to chime in so late, but I have a question/concern about using > the word 'Network'. > > What about a situation where the user is utilizing the code or data > stored on a machine that they do not own, but where they are sitting > at that same terminal? > > For instance, I've thought of a "Free as in Freedom" cafe where > customers could rent time on computers to use Free Software or rent a > mini-theatre room where they could watch movies that are under a > license permitting such performances. > > I would want those customers to be guaranteed an opportunity to make > "at cost" copies of that code and data, but notice it wouldn't be over > a network.
Mako has already done a great job of summarizing why one would want to be careful about widening the sense of 'service' here so I won't say anything other than that I agree with him here. ~rufus _______________________________________________ okfn-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.okfn.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss
