Fails OSD #1. [Re: OSD compliant shareware]

John Cowan cowan at mercury.ccil.org
Wed Nov 14 11:21:01 UTC 2001


Bruce Perens scripsit:

> I haven't read the decision in MAI vs Peak,

In brief: it said that a computer maintenance company (neither owner nor licensee)
couldn't run proprietary OS software, already installed, for hardware testing
purposes, because that involved making copies; the 117 safe harbor
is only for owners.

The part of the DCMA that overrode this is not being reviewed.

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