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Re: Did I finally figure out the rationale?
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Rui Miguel Silva Seabra |
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Re: Did I finally figure out the rationale? |
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Sun, 27 May 2007 11:09:14 +0100 |
Sáb, 2007-05-26 às 18:44 -0500, John Hasler escreveu:
> Rui Miguel Silva Seabra writes:
> > No, the license is not a contract, it is a Copyright License.
>
> He means the Microsoft EULA, and yes, it is a contract and not a copyright
> license. In order to be a copyright license it would have to yield some of
> the exclusive rights of the copyright owner. It does not. The GPL, on the
> other hand, _is_ a copyright license.
No, even the MS-EULA is a copyright license. However, since it's
conditions remove more rights from you than those explicitly removed
from copyright, it has to explicitly ask your permission or they would
be illegal.
Rui
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+ Whatever you do will be insignificant,
| but it is very important that you do it -- Gandhi
+ So let's do it...?
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