On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 12:24 +0800, Mura Mucha wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Peter Plug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List" > > <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [plug] Does Optical Media Board covers Opensource Softwares? > > Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 09:54:10 +0800 > > > There is still no distinction since OSS software *is* covered by copyright > > law... :-) > > > > So its pretty clear now that, "sale or DISTRIBUTION of optical media" is > illegal? > So if i give someone a copy of linux in optical media format such as cd-r, it > is illegal right? even its for free since as mentioned its covered and > copyrighted. And distribution of copyright items is illegal and a form of > piracy. > > Only in the Philippines! > > Maybe ill just give up all of these things and learn aquaculture of fresh > water prawns instead. > I cant believe even the open source bill did not cover this hole. It only > ammended the non-patent items in the Intellectual property code of the > philippines.
There is no need - when in doubt, consult the licenses of the software being bundled. The license of FOSS applications virtually allows redistribution - and that cannot be denied in any court of the land. -- 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
