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Article #202Re: new powers for employers to read employees' email
From: Jason Clifford
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 09:47
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 09:47
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On Fri, 27 Oct 2000 seajays@my-deja.com wrote: > Now this issue is, I agree, and important one but it is an entirely > seperate issue to that of copyright. This problem can be resolved > easily without removing peoples rights over their own work, simply by > enforcing current 'fit for purpose' laws. I agree with you completely that it is your right to determine that your works will be licensed only under an inferior model. Personally I feel that in time the market will no longer be willing to tolerate that in respect of software however that is for a free market to decide based upon experience of which method provides better results and value - let's not forget that Free Software is not about price and it is very common for Free Software to be sold at a price more than sufficient to support it's authors as I myself do. > There is no requirement for someone to show you how they did it, only > that it should do what they say it will. The onus is on them to fix it > if it doesn't work, and the law should maintain that requirement. I agree. If you author something you own copyright in it and can determine how it is offered to others if at all. They similarly have the right to choose or reject your offering. Until recently however the ability to make that choice has been limited to people like myself who can write our own solutions or are closely associated with those who can. The fact remains however that the law has consistently failed to maintain the requirement of fitness for purpose with regard to consumer software offerings. Jason Clifford
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