[License-discuss] Looking for a license agreement.

John Cowan cowan at mercury.ccil.org
Fri Oct 7 00:35:31 UTC 2011


David Woolley scripsit:

> I believe that may be true in the USA.  Running a computer program is  
> restricted under UK copyright law.

Technically it is copying in the U.S. too, but there is an automatic license
to do such copying, as long as your possession of the software is lawful.

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