Yes, my point was a bit to much, of course I wont decompile and publish the "source". but the essence of my question is, without a license, what is the terms of usage of such a software? It is unclear. That is what is worrying me. mike
On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 4:50 PM, andrzej zaborowski <balr...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 1 May 2010 07:30, jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com > <jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> Also, it is being hosted on openstreetmap.de, >> I am going to start to decompile it and recreate the java code from >> the class files. I wonder if they will sue me. >> I don't see any license agreement that says I cannot do it. > > While I don't think it's a good thing, and am not a lawyer, afaik > decompilation is on of the rights that copyright takes away by default > (if no license is given), in some countries -- except if it's done for > "interoperability" in which case both us and eu allow it explicitly. > > Cheers > _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk