CHE: Scholars, Libraries Groups Seek Clarification on Software Licenses

2002-10-26 Thread Seth Johnson
(Forwarded from TransHumanTech list; originally from the Chronicle of Higher Education) Original Message Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 17:58:59 -0500 (CDT) From: Premise Checker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Legal Scholars and Library Groups Seek Clarification From

Re: CHE: Scholars, Libraries Groups Seek Clarification on Software Licenses

2002-10-26 Thread David Johnson
A scholar could lose his fair-use privilege to quote a novel ... A library could lose its ability under the first-sale doctrine to lend books. ...a user could lose the ability to execute the software they purchased... -- David Johnson ___ http://www.usermode.org pgp public