Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 14 Feb 2003 16:02:15 -0600 (CST) | From | Thomas Molina <> | Subject | Re: openbkweb-0.0 |
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On Fri, 14 Feb 2003, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 10:56:21PM +0000, Jamie Lokier wrote: > > Larry McVoy wrote: > > > Please show me the case law which says we have to give you our technology, > > > for free, and we do not have the right to say "no way unless you agree to > > > not reverse engineer". > >... > > Correct. You have the right to say "no way unless you agree not to > > reverse engineer". > >... > > Wrong. > > Current German copyright law says that any contractual appointments that > disallow the allowed cases of reverse engineering are void.
In my view a great number of things are legal which I consider unethical. I believe Larry has made his position fairly clear and has attempted to construct his license language to implement that plain-spoken intent. Whether or not people agree with the stated position, I doubt there is anyone who doesn't understand it. Why not just do the clearly right thing and abide by that?
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