From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Dec 29 14:06:27 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id OAA17176 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 29 Dec 1995 14:06:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from brasil.moneng.mei.com (brasil.moneng.mei.com [151.186.109.160]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA17171 for ; Fri, 29 Dec 1995 14:06:23 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jgreco@localhost) by brasil.moneng.mei.com (8.7.Beta.1/8.7.Beta.1) id QAA08820; Fri, 29 Dec 1995 16:05:16 -0600 From: Joe Greco Message-Id: <199512292205.QAA08820@brasil.moneng.mei.com> Subject: Re: shared libraries for SCO To: erich@lodgenet.com (Eric L. Hernes) Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 16:05:16 -0600 (CST) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199512292112.PAA08639@jake.lodgenet.com> from "Eric L. Hernes" at Dec 29, 95 03:12:55 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > I was just playing with the ibcs2 stuff and I ftped to > SCO's anonymous ftp server and found a full set of > shared libraries. Is it illegal or just unethical to > copy these? > > eric. Is there a copyright notice when you connect? Is there a copyright file in any obvious place along the path to those files? Is there a copyright notice within any of the libraries? If not, I believe that you are free and clear to take them as long as you document the above :-) You cannot use copyright protections to prosecute somebody for taking something you offer free for the taking, with no notices to the contrary. ... Joe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joe Greco - Systems Administrator jgreco@ns.sol.net Solaria Public Access UNIX - Milwaukee, WI 414/342-4847