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Article #12969Re: software piracy
From: Howard A. Landman x61391
Date: Wed, 04 Jul 1990 21:00
Date: Wed, 04 Jul 1990 21:00
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In article <8879@potomac.ads.com> jtn@potomac.UUCP (John T. Nelson) writes: >Since the pattern of bits is what you have purchased >and the creation of that particular pattern is a process which is >patented by Microsoft (for example) you cannot "make a copy" without >infringing on *their* property. False. It is well established that users have a right to make backup copies of their programs EVEN WHEN THOSE PROGRAMS ARE COPY PROTECTED AND IT REQUIRES BREAKING THE COPY PROTECTION TO DO SO. Any provision of a license agreement which pretends to deny you this right is null and void. (This is one reason why most license agreements specify that their clauses are "separable", i.e., that voiding one clause doesn't void the whole agreement. They KNOW that some of the clauses are "mere cant". :-) -- Howard A. Landman landman@eng.sun.com -or- sun!landman
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uunet!lll-winken!sun-barr!newstop!sun!hanami.Eng.Sun.COM!landman From: landman@hanami.Eng.Sun.COM (Howard A. Landman x61391) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: software piracy Message-ID: <138368@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> Date: 4 Jul 90 21:00:19 GMT References: <26145@netnews.upenn.edu> <37151@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <602@dbase.A-T.COM> <26853@bcsaic.UUCP> <8879@potomac.ads.com> Sender: news@sun.Eng.Sun.COM Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.misc Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, Ca. Lines: 17