On Wed, 2004-03-03 at 12:32, Ebadat A.R. wrote: > Hi, > I think putting Dictionaries on the web needs a special license .
What about putting dictionaries in a public library? Is this not the same issue? What is the difference between a physical copy in a very crowded libary and a web service? I am trying to list some (with differing opinions in parentheses): 1) In a library, only one person can use the dictionary at a certain moment; in other words, word lookups can't happen simultaneously, and should happen by some delay. (But that is also true about the online dictionary: the CPU can only serve one request at a certain time. The two users will definitely have some difference on when they get the info if they request it at the same time.) 2) In a library, there is a physical presence requirement. (How is that supposed to be important? Does that also mean you may put such a software on your intranet but not the internet? If yes, what is the exact legal difference?) 3) A library is an old notion, by selling a paper copy of the dictionary, the copyright holder knows the maximum possible extent how it may get shared in a library previously, but it's another scenario when you put the information online. (I can't find anything against that.) > Buying a > software means you are getting license to use this software as it is. There > is no license for presenting this software on the web. But we are not talking about software here. Information is different from software. It really depends on how you define software. Is an MS Word document software? And of course, buying a piece of software does not necessarily mean that "you are getting license to use this software as it is". It depends very different things depending on the license. I won't go into details, as this is off-topic. roozbeh _______________________________________________ PersianComputing mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.sharif.edu/mailman/listinfo/persiancomputing
