On Thursday 25 April 2002 06:49 am, Forrest J. Cavalier III wrote: > > On the other hand, if the user does not agree to the license, what harm > > is there in allowing them to continue to use it? I'm being serious here. > > What harm is there? You gain nothing from their assent. They can't > > distribute or modify the software, of course, but you gain nothing by > > preventing them from using it. > > APSL 1.2 has a "must publish if you deploy" clause. > Clause 2.2c-d
There's nothing to publish if you haven't modified. And modification is a right reserved to the author. If you deploy without modifying anything, what is there to publish? -- David Johnson ___________________ http://www.usermode.org pgp public key on website -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3