Daniel MD wrote:
And i see Chris you have been spending some time around marketers:-).
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Laflamme, Elaine said:
There is a recent case in the Southern District in New York holding that
a sim
ilar provision was not enough to create a contract because it did not
require
an affirmative action such as clicking on an Accept button before
downloading
and using Netscape's SmartDownload.
At 09:03 9/7/01 -0700, you wrote:
begin Laflamme, Elaine quotation:
There is a recent case in the Southern District in New York holding
that a similar provision was not enough to create a contract because
it did not require an affirmative action such as clicking on an Accept
button before
On Friday 07 September 2001 12:01, Jeffry Smith wrote:
A key point that I've found on Open Source - you place the license on
REDISTRIBUTION, not use. Remember that, under standard Copyright, the
user has the right to use the software, but not redistribute new or
modified copies. The Open
Rick Moen said:
begin Laflamme, Elaine quotation:
There is a recent case in the Southern District in New York holding
that a similar provision was not enough to create a contract because
it did not require an affirmative action such as clicking on an Accept
button before downloading and using
Joseph Reagle said:
On Friday 07 September 2001 12:01, Jeffry Smith wrote:
A key point that I've found on Open Source - you place the license on
REDISTRIBUTION, not use. Remember that, under standard Copyright, the
user has the right to use the software, but not redistribute new or
modified
Joseph Reagle scripsit:
I've noted this distinction between an acceptance of a license
(unilateral?) and contract (bilateral?) before [1]; it's an interesting
(and perhaps) important distinction that I don't completely understand yet.
Contracts are bilateral in the sense that they are
On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, Jeffry Smith wrote:
OK, not being a lawyer, I may not have the full grasp, but from my
one term of Business Law, I don't see how a license is enforceable
EXCEPT under contract law. Nothing in Copyright Law specifies the
Licenses (at least what I've read of the 1976 law
This is not legal advice, and you are not entitled to rely on this for
any purpose. I merely suggest these thoughts to help the discussion
along.
Copyright law empowers an author to restrict others from copying the
work. A user therefore wants the license to allow the user to copy
the work.
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