Re: OpenCascade license opinion

2007-12-22 Thread Arnoud Engelfriet
Francesco Poli wrote: On the other hand, maybe the Open Cascade license counts as an agreement, since the copyright holder says that you have to accept the license in order to download the software (i.e.: in order to become a lawful acquirer). Then, after you accepted the license, you are

Re: OpenCascade license opinion

2007-12-22 Thread John Halton
On Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 07:50:12PM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: I would say that, if I download software from a website, I am not the one who's creating the new copy: the web server is doing so, to satisfy my request, and the web server is operated by the copyright holder of the software (or

Re: OpenCascade license opinion

2007-12-22 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 22:11:26 + John Halton wrote: On Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 07:50:12PM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: I would say that, if I download software from a website, I am not the one who's creating the new copy: the web server is doing so, to satisfy my request, and the web server

Re: OpenCascade license opinion

2007-12-22 Thread John Halton
On Sun, Dec 23, 2007 at 12:02:55AM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: If this is the case, may I claim that I am a lawful acquirer of the copy that consists of network packets? At that point, I may claim that the law allows me to create a copy onto my hard-drive because it's necessary for the use of