Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 15:02:33 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1018299753.90ed28@mired.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@blarg.net>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hold Harmless (was: Anti-Unix Site Runs Unix) Message-ID: <15531.28137.58506.98565@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <3CAB69B8.2817604E@mindspring.com> References: <20020402113404.A52321@lpt.ens.fr> <3CA9854E.A4D86CC4@mindspring.com> <20020402123254.H49279@lpt.ens.fr> <009301c1da83$9fa73170$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <15530.6987.977637.574551@guru.mired.org> <3CAAAA98.E9D7EBE6@mindspring.com> <b8vgb8679z.gb8_-_@localhost.localdomain> <3CAB69B8.2817604E@mindspring.com>
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In <3CAB69B8.2817604E@mindspring.com>, Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> typed: > "Gary W. Swearingen" wrote: > > Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> writes: > > And if licenses ARE required for hold harmless protection, it should be > > noted that GOOD licenses are required, and probably ones which don't > > allow you to own the software copies or maybe to own them without first > > accepting the licenses. > This is already taken care of by the DMCA. It has a lot of > assinie provisions, but it includes legitimization of the > shrink-wrap license. That sounds like another one of the asinine provisions to me. Shrink-wrap licenses are what make monopolistic software companies - and the GPL - possible. Neither of these is a good thing, and I've as yet to encounter something else they make possible that even comes close to outweighing that bad. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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