Momchil Velikov wrote: [...]
Ok, let it be making copies. So I walk into a store, buy I book and I'm entitled to making copies and derived works and distribute them?
No.
In the same way, I'm entitled to do the same with the Boost libraries?
You're entitled (see the license).
In the same way, I'm entitled to do the same with the software at ftp://ftp.gnu.org?
You're entitled (see the license).
In the same way, I'm entitled to do the same with http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/1/e/81ed90eb-dd87-4a23-aedc-298a960... ?
Ask Microsoft.
(For the record, I just downloaded the three things without accepting any license or agreeing to a contract or whatever).
You've transmitted "the three things" to your computer without accepting any license or agreeing to a contract or whatever. Right. [...]
Alexander> (2) abrogate or restrict the limitations on exclusive rights Alexander> specified in sections 107 through 114 and sections 117, 118 Alexander> and 121 of this title.
Not sure what do you mean by this ?
It means the end of non-negotiable share-alike lisenses (contracts). Welcome to the BSD (or BSL) only world. ;-) [...]
Is this merely a ``display'' of the software http://unc.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/boost/boost_1_31_0.tar.bz2 ?
AFAIK, no.
Is this merely a ``display'' of the software ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gcc/gcc-3.4.1/gcc-3.4.1.tar.bz2 ?
AFAIK, no.
What should one do, if he wants more than the fair use rights ? (I presume fair use does not allow manufacturing a thousand CDs with Boost, putting them in a pretty box with an EULA printed on the side)
You'll need a grant of rights (implied stuff like the patent grants in the boost case is just fine for you as a licensee). regards, alexander.