On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Gabor Szabo <szab...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi I found a module on CPAN > http://search.cpan.org/~goyali/google_talk_bot_v_01/ > with the following comment regarding licensing: > > "You are not allowed to modify the script unless having the written > permission of abhishek jain" > > What do you think? > > Gabor > I think abishek jain's domain of control does not extend to you, and as long as you aren't *distributing a derived work* copyright law does not apply. If the script in question is a trade secret, he's done a really crappy job of protecting it, posting it on CPAN and all. Also, just to be nice, you could write him for permission. He must be awfully lonely, to use that for his license. -- "This is not a 'bug'. Being documented, it is merely a 'restriction'." -- Intercal manual
