Re: OpenCascade license opinion

2007-12-22 Thread John Halton
On Sun, Dec 23, 2007 at 12:02:55AM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: > If this is the case, may I claim that I am a lawful acquirer of the > copy that consists of network packets? At that point, I may claim > that the law allows me to create a copy onto my hard-drive because > it's "necessary for the us

Re: OpenCascade license opinion

2007-12-22 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 22:11:26 + John Halton wrote: > On Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 07:50:12PM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: > > I would say that, if I download software from a website, I am not > > the one who's creating the new copy: the web server is doing so, to > > satisfy my request, and the web

Re: OpenCascade license opinion

2007-12-22 Thread John Halton
On Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 07:50:12PM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: > I would say that, if I download software from a website, I am not > the one who's creating the new copy: the web server is doing so, to > satisfy my request, and the web server is operated by the copyright > holder of the software (o

Re: OpenCascade license opinion

2007-12-22 Thread Arnoud Engelfriet
Francesco Poli wrote: > On the other hand, maybe the Open Cascade license counts as an > agreement, since the copyright holder says that you have to accept > the license in order to download the software (i.e.: in order to become > a lawful acquirer). Then, after you accepted the license, you are