On 4/29/05, Zak B. Elep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joseph Ross Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Ey... may I suggest you add another restriction: > > Give it to people that respects software licenses. > > Given (a) you can establish the fact that these people recognize > software, (b) that they recognize and acknowledge licensing ang > IPR/fair-use, and (c) they are aware of the consequences of treating > software as property. Then perhaps this restriction is useful. > > However, it is not. People can respect or flout software licences at a > whim, just like the laws; but unlike the laws there is no enforcement, > only provisions on violation of licence. So, that very fact itself > makes this restriction moot.
Adding restrictions to something given without the restrictions in the first place isn't also right. Although the intent is letting the CDs be freely redistributed, adding explicit restrictions forbidding sale somehow goes against the precept that people can do anything with the CDs. We really can't add terms to something we didn't even build, realistically or otherwise. -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
