Re: [BK] upgrade will be needed

Paolo Ciarrocchi
2005-02-14T21:25:43Z

On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 21:36:51 +0100, Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> wrote:
> Disclaimer:
> I did never use BK and I do not plan to use it.

Same here, but just because I'm not a developer ;-)

[...]
> I don't know about copyright law in other countries (and the USA have
> both a pretty different legal system and a pretty different copyright
> law than Germany), but in Germany the clause you mentioned is simply
> void according to German copyright law.
>
> German copyright law doesn't distinguish whether you get money for
> allowing the usage of the program or not.
>
> The licence is still valid but the clause is void.
>
> I can accept a void licence clause because this doesn't make it
> non-void. That's not uncommon. Perhaps 95% of all software licences
> contain clauses that are simply void.
>
> In case you ask:
> No, there is no case law in Germany - we have a different legal system.
>
> If you like it or not - at least for people in Germany, I see no way how
> the law allows you to enforce what you are trying to do.
>
> You can say it might be morally wrong to break this licence clause - but
> this doesn't make it illegal.

I think this is true not only in Germany, if I were Larry I would
check if the licence is valid in EU.

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