On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 03:03:10PM -0600, Joel Baker wrote: > One of the primarily reasons given for "forced ack" clauses is a fear of > other folks quietly filing off the serial numbers and absconding with it, > giving the impression of having created it. > > The no-op involved is that material misrepresentation for benefit is, in > most jurisdictions, going to fall under 'fraud' even without the more > obvious step of actually failing to acknowledge when there's a requirement.
There's a big leap between forcing acknowledgement in advertisement (banner ads) and requiring acknowledgement in the normal, appropriate places (copyright notices, etc). I wouldn't even put my own name in my advertisements; it's irrelevant ... -- Glenn Maynard
