From: Anatoly Vorobey (mellon_at_nonexisting.hamakor.org.il)
Date: Tue 24 Aug 2004 - 17:08:28 IDT
On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 05:00:05PM +0300, Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote:
> AFAIK, No one needs a license to use the software, unless a patent is
> involved. Copyright does not control use - only distribution.
>
> If you can show that the software was lawfully distributed to you, you
> have every right to use it.
AFAIR, this has been disputed, with some claiming that using software
essentially involves creating a copy of it. I don't know if that claim
was ever resolved in courts - was it?
Anyway, you're right, I should've been more careful in my silly example.
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