Re: Source code with no (explicit) licence
On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 09:15:28AM -0700, Rick Moen wrote:
> Some of the resulting questions are unclear to me, even in USA copyright
> law, let alone elsewhere: Does Bernstein's posting the file to an
> unrestricted public ftp or Web site create implicit general licence to
> retrieve the file? I would guess so. To compile it? I would guess so.
> To modify it? I would guess not. To redistribute it with or without
> modification? I would guess not.
IANAL, so take this all with a grain of salt, but . . .
He has created an implicit license to download the file. You don't
need a license to modify or compile a copy of a copyright work you
have a legal copy of. I don't see how you could create an implicit
license to redistribute, so no there.
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