On Sun, 4 May 2008 16:22:46 +0200 Jan Christoph Nordholz wrote: [...] > This says nothing about non-commercial distribution - and because of > that and (even if that README allowed it) because this README is not > a click-through agreement that every submitter of that archive has to > acknowledge before uploading, all files which do not contain an explicit > permission for redistribution are effectively undistributable, right? I would say you're (unfortunately) right. With current copyright laws (in virtually all jurisdictions) no explicit permission to redistribute means that the work is legally undistributable [1]. [1] except for very limited exceptions (i.e.: fair use, fair dealing, and similar), which however vary greatly across jurisdictions and hence should not be relied upon much... Important disclaimers: IANAL, TINLA, IANADD, TINASOTODP. -- http://frx.netsons.org/doc/index.html#nanodocs The nano-document series is here! ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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