Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Of course, in cases where it matters (i.e. - I provide public >> access to my legally purchased copy of the Brittanica, or some >> such), copyrights on things other than the program come into >> play. Possibly multiple copyrights. > Huh?
As you pointed out, they're giving out a copy of the *data* from the program. That data could well come with a different copyright than the one that applies to the program, so while I may have the right to use it in the program, I may not have the right to hand it out over the internet. The mutliple copyrights comes from thinking about songs, which has seperate copyrights for the lyrics, the tune, and the arrangement. <mike -- Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list