From: "Kevin P. Fleming" <kpfleming@backtobasicsmgmt.com>
To: davids@webmaster.com
Cc: Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel@free.fr>,
Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: BK kernel workflow
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 12:38:55 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <41814ACF.5000705@backtobasicsmgmt.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <MDEHLPKNGKAHNMBLJOLKKEPBPFAA.davids@webmaster.com>
David Schwartz wrote:
> As I understand the law, at least in the United States, you have the exact
> same rights whether you buy the product or get it for free, so long as you
> acquire it legally.
But there's the rub: acquiring it legally (for free) requires acceptance
of the license terms. If you do not accept the terms, or accept them but
later take actions which violate the terms you accepted, you can no
longer say that you "acquired it legally". You have violated the terms
of the agreement between the two parties, and the party that owns the
copyright to the product in question has every right to take action
against you, if warranted.
You are correct in saying that the mere act of money changing hands does
_not_ give you any rights that you wouldn't have gotten for free,
presuming that the license being offered in both cases gives you the
same rights. In the case of BitKeeper, it does not. The free and for-pay
licenses give the licensee different rights.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-10-28 19:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 161+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <41752E53.8060103@pobox.com>
[not found] ` <20041019153126.GG18939@work.bitmover.com>
2004-10-19 16:06 ` BK kernel workflow Jeff Garzik
2004-10-19 21:33 ` Paolo Ciarrocchi
2004-10-19 21:38 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-19 21:54 ` Paolo Ciarrocchi
2004-10-19 22:11 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-10-20 7:35 ` Paolo Ciarrocchi
2004-10-23 16:12 ` Larry McVoy
2004-10-24 10:24 ` Paolo Ciarrocchi
2004-10-24 14:44 ` Larry McVoy
2004-10-24 16:44 ` Paolo Ciarrocchi
2004-10-24 23:32 ` Larry McVoy
2004-10-25 11:33 ` Matthias Urlichs
2004-10-25 11:46 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-10-25 12:29 ` Joe Perches
2004-10-25 13:39 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-10-25 15:14 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-10-25 15:43 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-10-25 16:10 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-10-25 17:22 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-10-25 20:04 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-26 2:19 ` Miles Bader
2004-10-25 16:20 ` Larry McVoy
2004-10-25 16:47 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-10-25 17:12 ` Larry McVoy
2004-10-25 17:34 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-10-25 17:18 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-10-25 17:37 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-10-26 0:06 ` Roman Zippel
2004-10-26 0:51 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-10-26 2:21 ` Miles Bader
2004-10-27 2:05 ` Roman Zippel
2004-10-27 3:00 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-10-27 4:18 ` Larry McVoy
2004-10-27 16:45 ` Matthias Urlichs
2004-10-27 18:12 ` Buddy Lucas
2004-10-27 20:56 ` Roman Zippel
2004-10-27 21:20 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-10-28 1:14 ` Roman Zippel
2004-10-28 1:34 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-10-27 21:45 ` Alan Cox
2004-10-31 19:50 ` Pavel Machek
2004-10-28 9:20 ` James Bruce
2004-10-28 11:39 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-10-28 13:53 ` Larry McVoy
2004-10-28 14:06 ` Xavier Bestel
2004-10-28 15:10 ` Larry McVoy
2004-10-28 19:20 ` Alan Cox
2004-10-28 19:25 ` David Schwartz
2004-10-28 19:38 ` Kevin P. Fleming [this message]
2004-10-28 19:22 ` Alan Cox
2004-10-28 23:22 ` David Schwartz
2004-10-28 23:59 ` David S. Miller
2004-10-29 0:25 ` David Schwartz
2004-10-29 14:31 ` Scott Lockwood
2004-10-29 14:35 ` Xavier Bestel
2004-10-29 17:02 ` The requested ruling (Was: BK kernel workflow) Scott Lockwood
2004-10-30 2:08 ` David Schwartz
2004-10-28 19:59 ` BK kernel workflow Adrian Bunk
2004-10-28 21:35 ` Larry McVoy
2004-10-30 6:51 ` Adrian Bunk
2004-10-30 23:46 ` Larry McVoy
2004-10-30 23:05 ` Alan Cox
2004-10-31 17:47 ` Larry McVoy
2004-10-31 0:28 ` Robert Love
2004-10-31 1:11 ` Adrian Bunk
2004-10-29 17:19 ` Ramón Rey Vicente
2004-10-29 17:36 ` Larry McVoy
2004-10-29 18:06 ` Stephen Frost
2004-10-29 18:20 ` Larry McVoy
2004-10-29 18:08 ` Ramón Rey Vicente
2004-10-29 18:21 ` Larry McVoy
2004-10-29 18:33 ` Scott Lockwood
2004-10-29 18:55 ` Ramón Rey Vicente
2004-10-29 19:14 ` Scott Lockwood
2004-10-30 5:04 ` Kyle Moffett
2004-10-30 20:42 ` Scott Lockwood
2004-10-30 23:35 ` Larry McVoy
2004-10-31 0:20 ` David Schwartz
2004-10-31 2:37 ` Kyle Moffett
2004-10-31 3:34 ` Larry McVoy
2004-10-31 4:01 ` Kyle Moffett
2004-10-31 4:39 ` Larry McVoy
2004-10-31 2:44 ` Kyle Moffett
2004-10-29 19:39 ` Larry McVoy
2004-10-29 20:33 ` Stephen Frost
2004-10-29 23:38 ` Ramón Rey Vicente
2004-10-29 21:11 ` Adrian Bunk
2004-10-30 2:39 ` Larry McVoy
2004-10-30 2:02 ` Al Viro
2004-10-29 19:13 ` Ramón Rey Vicente
[not found] ` <45898.65.208.227.246.1099077395.squirrel@www.lrsehosting.com>
2004-10-29 19:26 ` Ramón Rey Vicente
2004-10-29 23:01 ` Tim Hockin
2004-10-29 20:32 ` Roman Zippel
2004-10-29 22:41 ` Larry McVoy
2004-10-30 11:38 ` Roman Zippel
2004-10-31 21:03 ` Pavel Machek
2004-10-31 21:14 ` Larry McVoy
2004-10-31 21:21 ` Pavel Machek
2004-10-31 21:35 ` Larry McVoy
2004-10-31 21:46 ` Pavel Machek
2004-10-31 23:44 ` Larry McVoy
2004-11-01 3:16 ` Kyle Moffett
2004-11-01 4:57 ` Larry McVoy
2004-11-01 8:39 ` Pavel Machek
2004-10-26 1:01 ` Larry McVoy
2004-10-27 2:30 ` Roman Zippel
2004-10-27 3:54 ` Larry McVoy
2004-10-27 20:58 ` Roman Zippel
2004-10-27 21:16 ` Joe Perches
2004-10-28 0:54 ` Larry McVoy
2004-10-28 1:49 ` Roman Zippel
2004-10-28 2:35 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-10-28 3:09 ` Larry McVoy
2004-10-28 21:03 ` Roman Zippel
2004-10-28 21:39 ` Eric Mudama
2004-10-28 22:45 ` Larry McVoy
2004-10-28 22:54 ` Roman Zippel
2004-10-29 8:09 ` Manu Abraham
2004-10-29 14:28 ` Scott Lockwood
2004-10-29 15:49 ` Roman Zippel
2004-10-29 16:41 ` David Schwartz
2004-10-29 17:20 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2004-10-30 0:41 ` David Schwartz
2004-10-29 19:03 ` Chris Friesen
2004-10-29 20:00 ` Ryan Anderson
2004-10-30 0:41 ` David Schwartz
2004-10-31 20:47 ` Pavel Machek
2004-10-31 20:53 ` Larry McVoy
2004-10-31 22:07 ` Sam Ravnborg
2004-10-28 1:05 ` Theodore Ts'o
[not found] ` <mailman.1098759000.989.linux-kernel2news@redhat.com>
2004-10-30 3:55 ` Pete Zaitcev
2004-10-25 19:51 ` Matthias Urlichs
2004-10-26 0:58 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-10-26 2:23 ` Miles Bader
2004-10-25 18:18 ` Jon Smirl
2004-10-25 23:01 ` Larry McVoy
2004-10-26 1:28 ` Chris Wedgwood
2004-10-26 2:26 ` Jon Smirl
2004-10-26 6:57 ` Matthias Urlichs
2004-10-26 13:09 ` Giuseppe Bilotta
2004-10-24 17:44 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-10-24 17:48 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-10-24 18:39 ` Michael Buesch
2004-10-26 7:32 ` Matthias Urlichs
2004-10-24 22:33 ` Roman Zippel
2004-10-24 23:04 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-10-19 23:27 ` Greg KH
2004-10-25 13:01 ` Matthias Urlichs
2004-10-25 14:39 ` Paolo Ciarrocchi
2004-10-25 15:48 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-25 16:35 ` Matthias Urlichs
2004-10-25 22:05 ` Andrew Morton
2004-10-20 8:31 ` maximilian attems
2004-10-20 9:05 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-26 7:38 Chuck Ebbert
2004-10-26 14:23 ` Larry McVoy
2004-10-26 18:16 ` Ryan Anderson
2004-10-26 19:22 ` Larry McVoy
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-10-26 15:54 Chuck Ebbert
2004-10-26 20:47 ` Larry McVoy
[not found] <fa.gikv4k0.1tk6shk@ifi.uio.no>
[not found] ` <fa.d7r9f2v.1i6a6on@ifi.uio.no>
2004-10-30 20:54 ` walt
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