encforceability of Open Source Licences (Re: (OT) - NOT A Major Blow to Copyleft Theory)

David Woolley forums at david-woolley.me.uk
Wed Feb 13 08:08:21 UTC 2008


Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> 
>> The UK does not, so, for example, you
>> need a licence to copy from disk to RAM.
> 
> http://www.wipo.int/clea/en/fiche.jsp?uid=ie019
> 
> UK codified statutory limitations to exclusive rights akin to 17 USC
> 117 fifteen or so years ago.

That was not the point I was making.  In any case, the Statutory 
Instrument referenced by that page does not exist:

<http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si199300.htm>
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