On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 09:15:28AM -0700, Rick Moen wrote: > Some of the resulting questions are unclear to me, even in USA copyright > law, let alone elsewhere: Does Bernstein's posting the file to an > unrestricted public ftp or Web site create implicit general licence to > retrieve the file? I would guess so. To compile it? I would guess so. > To modify it? I would guess not. To redistribute it with or without > modification? I would guess not.
IANAL, so take this all with a grain of salt, but . . . He has created an implicit license to download the file. You don't need a license to modify or compile a copy of a copyright work you have a legal copy of. I don't see how you could create an implicit license to redistribute, so no there. -- David Starner - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dvdeug.dhis.org If you wish to strive for peace of soul then believe; if you wish to be a devotee of truth, then inquire. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
