Re: copyright law vs. license text (Was: Honesty in Debian)

2006-02-14 Thread Joe Smith
"Stuart Yeates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] In the USA copyright can be enforced even on laws: http://www.constructionweblinks.com/Resources/Industry_Reports__Newsletters/May_17_2004/supreme.html I'm assuming that the legislation in question included the code

Re: copyright law vs. license text

2006-02-14 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Daniel Ruoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Em Sáb, 2006-02-11 às 13:46 -0500, Nathanael Nerode escreveu: > I have one single question... Does copyright law even applies to legal > agreements and license terms? I'm pretty sure noone can be sued for > using the terms someone used earlier, or even a

Re: copyright law vs. license text (Was: Honesty in Debian)

2006-02-13 Thread C Shore
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Daniel Ruoso wrote: > Em Sáb, 2006-02-11 às 13:46 -0500, Nathanael Nerode escreveu: > > I have one single question... Does copyright law even applies to legal > agreements and license terms? I'm pretty sure noone can be sued for > using the terms some

Re: copyright law vs. license text (Was: Honesty in Debian)

2006-02-13 Thread Stuart Yeates
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Daniel Ruoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Em Sáb, 2006-02-11 às 13:46 -0500, Nathanael Nerode escreveu: > > The problem is quite specifically that we have unmodifiable license > > texts, not unmodifiable license terms. These texts are in Debian, > > making it technic