Version 2. Open source shareware
John Cowan
cowan at mercury.ccil.org
Sat Nov 10 03:38:54 UTC 2001
Forrest J. Cavalier III scripsit:
> Here is the improved version 2. The trick is to distribute the
> shareware as source only. In that case, in order to run it,
> it must be compiled, and (unless you are compiling and linking
> in memory), that creates a derivative work, a right reserved
> to the copyright owner. Then use the GPL method of forcing
> a license agreement without signing one.
Won't work (IANAL, TINLA), at least in the U.S.; any copies of
computer programs that are needed in order to use the program
are specifically non-infringing, by section 117. Normally,
this refers to copying the binary form from disk to core,
but it plainly would cover compiling if that's required.
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