From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id QAA24912; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 16:31:54 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA24748 for ; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 16:31:53 +0100 (MET) Received: from mail1.tpgi.com.au (mail.tpgi.com.au [203.12.160.57]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id h0OFVqr24133 for ; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 16:31:52 +0100 (MET) Received: from ozemail.com.au (syd-ts16-2600-061.tpgi.com.au [203.213.84.61]) (authenticated (0 bits)) by mail1.tpgi.com.au (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h0OFVmh15970 for ; Sat, 25 Jan 2003 02:31:49 +1100 Message-ID: <3E315C5C.5050201@ozemail.com.au> Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 02:31:40 +1100 From: John Max Skaller User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.2.1) Gecko/20010901 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ocaml Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Re: License wars References: <20030116103038.GA18198@swordfish> <022e01c2bd5b$1cb988b0$0a00a8c0@gateway> <15915.65485.636419.969429@lachesis.inria.fr> <20030120164653.GA6351@swordfish> <87ptqpunpk.fsf_-_@ketanu.dyndns.org> <3E2FC73D.1030003@baretta.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk Alessandro Baretta wrote: >> Any computer user must have read and understood the licence (or, less >> bad than nothing, a digest) of the software it uses. This is pointless >> to care of the ones that do not. Even if they come from the whole >> majority, faults must not be agreed but fighted against. > > > Besides, whether one reads it or not, one is bound by it. I think you have it completely backwards. There is no licence 'agreement'. I am not bound by it, I have agreed to nothing. It is completely the other way around. Copyright may be applied to my use of software. A 'licence' is a unilateral RELEASE from the restrictions otherwise imposed by copyright. And it is on my head to ensure that the release is valid and authoritative (provably emnating from the copyright holder) in case I am sued for breach of copyright. -- John Max Skaller, mailto:skaller@ozemail.com.au snail:10/1 Toxteth Rd, Glebe, NSW 2037, Australia. voice:61-2-9660-0850 ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners