From: Zachery Bir (zbir_at_urbanape.com)
Date: Mon Jun 14 2004 - 19:25:21 PDT
On Jun 14, 2004, at 10:08 PM, James Nichols wrote:
> My apologies to Frank and the list for having to disagree here, but I
> feel I must:
>
> The driver being shareware does not implicitly or explicitly give
> anyone the right to distribute it in any form. I HAVE seen shareware
> and demo software with do-not-distribute licenses elsewhere. Heck, I've
> seen in the EULA's attached to Apple's free downloads statements
> denying one the right to redistribute the free download, which makes
> even LESS sense than not wanting a shareware file to be redistributed.
> That something is free, demo, or shareware does NOT guarantee freedom
> to redistribute.
Then it's not shareware. There's a reason 'share' is in the name.
Zac
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