Re: Web application licenses
Raul Miller <moth@debian.org> writes:
>> Well, I'm not reciting, dancing, or acting postfix. I'm not rendering
>> it or playing it either, as far as I can tell. I don't even *see* its
>> code, which seems quite different from music I'm playing or a dramatic
>> work I'm rendering.
>
> "playing" is a rather generic word (example sentences from dictionary.com
> include "The fountains played in the courtyard" and "played the matter
> quietly"). I don't see that you're not playing it.
>
> Alternatively, you might want to argue that computer programs are not
> copyrightable at all [based on arguments analogous to the one you're
> presenting now].
>
>> playing a CD or a player piano, I still don't see the output at all.
>> I do not perceive the work in any way.
>
> I'll agree that you're not seeing the raw bits, but nobody ever sees
> the raw bits. Instead, you see things resulting from those bits.
You just defeated yourself. Nobody has ever tried to extend the
copyright of a program to include output produced when running the
program. Why would this be different when the program sends its
output over a network?
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Måns Rullgård
mru@kth.se
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