Re: academic software without licence

2003-02-03 Thread Terry Hancock
On Monday 03 February 2003 08:31 pm, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > On Monday 03 February 2003 20:13, Terry Hancock wrote: > > But "available to everyone, with no restrictions" does give you distribute > > and modify, since non-modification is clearly a restriction. > > "available" gives you the rig

Re: academic software without licence

2003-02-03 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Monday 03 February 2003 20:06, Antoine Mathys wrote: > >>"may be used without restriction" does not give you the right to > >> distribute or modify. Use clauses only govern actual use. > >> > >>I guess the bottom line is this software is probably not to be treated as > >> free software unless/u

Re: academic software without licence

2003-02-03 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Monday 03 February 2003 20:13, you wrote: > On Monday 03 February 2003 07:46 pm, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > On Monday 03 February 2003 11:35, Antoine Mathys wrote: > > > - The program is provided "as is." There is no warranty. > > > - may be used without restriction > > > - avail

Re: academic software without licence

2003-02-03 Thread Antoine Mathys
"may be used without restriction" does not give you the right to distribute or modify. Use clauses only govern actual use. I guess the bottom line is this software is probably not to be treated as free software unless/until the author says it is. Rather annoying I know. Ok. Asking for

Re: academic software without licence

2003-02-03 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Monday 03 February 2003 11:35, Antoine Mathys wrote: > Hello, > > What exactly must be done when trying to package an academic piece of > software, which typically has no copyright but mentions such as : > > - The program is provided "as is." There is no warranty. > - may be used without

academic software without licence

2003-02-03 Thread Antoine Mathys
Hello, What exactly must be done when trying to package an academic piece of software, which typically has no copyright but mentions such as : - The program is provided "as is." There is no warranty. - may be used without restriction - available to everyone, with no restrictions (and