Re: Web application licenses

2004-08-15 Thread Brian Thomas Sniffen
Michael Poole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Brian Thomas Sniffen writes: > >> But in your model, am I performing the MUA, the MTA, the network >> stack, libc, the firewall, the NAT software, the routers in between, >> Spamassassin on your side, the mailing list manager, your MTA, MDA, or >> MUA?

Re: Web application licenses

2004-08-15 Thread Michael Poole
Brian Thomas Sniffen writes: > > Yes, the person operating the router is publicly performing the > > router's code. However, because mechanical transformations are not > > derivative works under copyright law, and because communications > > providers are allowed to forward data on request[1], the

Re: Web application licenses

2004-08-15 Thread Brian Thomas Sniffen
Michael Poole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Brian Thomas Sniffen writes: > >> > Yes, the person operating the router is publicly performing the >> > router's code. However, because mechanical transformations are not >> > derivative works under copyright law, and because communications >> > provid

Re: Web application licenses

2004-08-15 Thread Michael Poole
Brian Thomas Sniffen writes: > It's not peculiar and dangerous; it's relatively common. Many HTTP > proxies, for example, do this. What I'm trying to point out is that > transformations happen along the way. Not all of them are strictly > mechanical. This was meant to demonstrate the poor publ