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On Mon, Apr 28, 2003 at 11:21:24AM +0200, Fredrik Jagenheim (humming@×××××.com) wrote: |
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> OTOH, to get back to the real point; If you are giving away your |
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> copyrighted works for free, for the intent purpose of all users to |
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> freely use your program, without shipping a license, or even a note, |
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> on how this program may be distributed, I think you've made it pretty |
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> clear that, unless you tell the offending parties otherwise, you have |
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> no problems with it being redistributed. |
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Explicit permission from the copyright owner is required to legally |
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redistribute: |
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http://kb.indiana.edu/data/ahmf.html |
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http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/webcopyr.html |
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If the copyright owner has no problems with redistribution, they would |
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most likely include a simple license which permits redistribution so |
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that people wouldn't have to violate the law to do just that. |
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For instance: |
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http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/eula.htm |
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Jon Lech Johansen |
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jon@××××××××××.org |
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nanocrew.net/blog/ |
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Stat sua cuique dies, breve et inreparabile tempus |
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omnibus est vitae; sed famam extendere factis, |
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hoc virtutis opus. |
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