Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 12:43:10 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: ports@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ion windows manager on FreeBSD Message-ID: <20091007184310.GC19063@guilt.hydra> In-Reply-To: <e71790db0910070925g51d62a76xd2e43c96633ef54e@mail.gmail.com> References: <20090930100658.GA99090@obspm.fr> <20090930110508.GA50565@hades.panopticon> <20090930161915.GA18014@lonesome.com> <20091001111417.GF50565@hades.panopticon> <20091001112323.GA26407@droso.net> <20091001114546.GH50565@hades.panopticon> <20091001213656.GA14925@lonesome.com> <20091002133231.GA17567@hades.panopticon> <747dc8f30910061024h5346b25evd27369955f9d6768@mail.gmail.com> <e71790db0910070925g51d62a76xd2e43c96633ef54e@mail.gmail.com>
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--5QAgd0e35j3NYeGe Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 01:25:35PM -0300, Carlos A. M. dos Santos wrote: >=20 > You can fork the code, rename it, whathever, but you can NOT change > the license without explicit permission from the original copyright > owner. That would be legally considered theft! Incorrect. It would be legally considered copyright infringement. Copyright law is not property law, and both different laws *and* different terms apply. "Theft" is not a term legally applied to copyright infringement -- at least, in any jurisdiction of which I'm even vaguely aware of the state of copyright law. "That would be legally considered copyright infringement!" There. I fixed it for you. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --5QAgd0e35j3NYeGe Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.13 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkrM4T4ACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKVAxgCffY8SrlLVIY3ie95woaWkmzBV We0Anja1cm8A3JcGL9G8M3e0SrF2dXya =IlO5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --5QAgd0e35j3NYeGe--
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