"Alexander" == Alexander Terekhov <terekhov@web.de> writes:
Alexander> Momchil Velikov wrote: Alexander> [...] >> 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? Alexander> No. Just as I suspected :) >> In the same way, I'm entitled to do the same with the Boost libraries? Alexander> You're entitled (see the license). Why should I look at the license? Is it the thing that grants me rights ? >> In the same way, I'm entitled to do the same with the software at >> ftp://ftp.gnu.org? Alexander> You're entitled (see the license). Why should I look at the license? Is it the thing that grants me rights? And if it grants me rights conditionally, can I ignore the conditions? >> 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... ? Alexander> Ask Microsoft. Why don't you answered "Ask FSF" above? Alexander> [...] 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 ? Alexander> It means the end of non-negotiable share-alike lisenses Alexander> (contracts). Alexander> Welcome to the BSD (or BSL) only world. ;-) As in "no GPL and no MS EULA"-world ? Alexander> [...] >> Is this merely a ``display'' of the software >> http://unc.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/boost/boost_1_31_0.tar.bz2 ? Alexander> 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 ? Alexander> AFAIK, no. I see no difference to the way you ``display'' your file. Mind you, on its way to my monitor it may have undergone various transformations, compression/decompression, encoding/decoding, etc. ~velco