From: Rod (lavo_at_mac.com)
Date: Mon Jun 14 2004 - 19:45:23 PDT
On 15/6/04 10:25 AM, "Zachery Bir" <zbir_at_urbanape.com> wrote:
> 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
This may be obvious, but has anyone actually heard from Hiroshi on this
subject? It seems to me that everyone is getting all 'huffy and puffy' out
of something that might be a storm in a tea cup. It may be a case of 'move
along, there is nothing to see here.....'.
:-)
Seeya
Rod!
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