Francesco Poli wrote:
On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:45:28 + John Halton wrote:
I don't think there's a problem with making the licence binding on
users or downloaders. Quite the contrary: someone who uses or
downloads the software is performing an act restricted by the
copyright for which a
On 21/12/2007, Arnoud Engelfriet [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Francesco Poli wrote:
Specifically for computer programs, some jurisdictions recognize the
right to load and execute a program as an exclusive right of the
copyright holder. The 1991 EU Copyright Directive for instance explicitly
says
John Halton wrote:
On 21/12/2007, Arnoud Engelfriet [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If the copyright holder makes a program available for download
(or permits someone else to do so), then I would say that anyone who
downloads the work is a lawful acquirer and therefore may execute
the work
On 21/12/2007, Arnoud Engelfriet [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well, if a lawful acquirer is someone who has a right to use it,
why would the Directive need to spell out they have the right to use it?
Well, quite. That's probably why the UK implementation hides it away
in section 50C under the bland
On 21/12/2007, Arnoud Engelfriet [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've never seen cases or commentary on this point either. I suppose
it wouldn't be worth the lawsuit. Even if my interpretation were to
prevail, all it gets someone is the right to execute the software
on the one computer he downloaded
John Halton wrote:
It's like saying, Someone who has the right to park their car in this
parking space has the right to drive their car onto that parking
space.
Now I see what you mean. Fair point, I'll have to be a little more
nuanced in my responses here.
I've never seen cases or commentary
On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:51:01 + John Halton wrote:
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However, when you download software, you are not acquiring an existing
copy - you are creating a new one. Hence Article 5(1) does not apply.
Wait, who's creating the new copy, though?
I would say that, if I download software from a
On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:44:16 +0100 Arnoud Engelfriet wrote:
Francesco Poli wrote:
On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:45:28 + John Halton wrote:
I don't think there's a problem with making the licence binding on
users or downloaders. Quite the contrary: someone who uses or
downloads the
Adam C Powell IV a écrit :
On Thu, 2007-12-20 at 02:25 +0100, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
Adam C Powell IV a écrit :
Greetings,
I just sent in an RFP for Salomé, a very nice and highly capable
engineering tool under LGPL.
That was my goal when I started to look at packaging OpenCascade. But
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