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- From: Andrew Pimlott <pimlott AT MATH.HARVARD.EDU>
- To: TDS Development Group <freetds AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Re: Sybase TDS Specification
- Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 11:54:25 -0400 (EDT)
On Wed, 15 Sep 1999, Greg Beeley wrote:
> If we go asserting that 'click-n-sign' EULAs on the Internet might be
> invalid,
> where does that leave things like the GPL and LGPL?
It does not affect them. If you reject the GPL, you wind up with rights
granted to you by copyright law, which would not permit you to distribute
copies at all. In other words, the purpose of the GPL is to grant you
_more_ rights than you would otherwise have.
In the case of the Sybase spec, the purpose is to restrict you to _fewer_
rights. Under copyright law, you would not have the right to distribute
a modified spec, but I don't think that an implementation of the spec
would be restricted. So, those who get the spec without agreeing to the
EULA _may_ be in the clear.
Not a law-talkin-guy,
Andrew
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Sybase TDS Specification,
Steve Olson, 09/14/1999
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: Sybase TDS Specification, Jaye Mathisen, 09/14/1999
- Re: Sybase TDS Specification, Brian Bruns, 09/14/1999
- Re: Sybase TDS Specification, Greg Beeley, 09/14/1999
- Re: Sybase TDS Specification, Jon Pounder, 09/15/1999
- Re: Sybase TDS Specification, Lance Andersen, 09/15/1999
- Re: Sybase TDS Specification, ark, 09/15/1999
- Re: Sybase TDS Specification, Scott C. Gray, 09/15/1999
- Re: Sybase TDS Specification, Greg Beeley, 09/15/1999
- Re: Sybase TDS Specification, Brian Bruns, 09/15/1999
- Re: Sybase TDS Specification, Andrew Pimlott, 09/15/1999
- Re: Sybase TDS Specification, Steven Work, 09/15/1999
- Re: Sybase TDS Specification, Jon Pounder, 09/15/1999
- Re: Sybase TDS Specification, Steve Olson, 09/15/1999
- Re: Sybase TDS Specification, Jon Pounder, 09/15/1999
- Re: Sybase TDS Specification, Brian Bruns, 09/15/1999
- Re: Sybase TDS Specification, Brian Bruns, 09/15/1999
- Re: Sybase TDS Specification, Greg Beeley, 09/15/1999
- Re: Sybase TDS Specification, Ryan Russell, 09/15/1999
- Re: Sybase TDS Specification, Craig Jackson, 09/15/1999
- Re: Sybase TDS Specification, Bob Kline, 09/15/1999
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