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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au!news.apana.org.au!cantor.edge.net.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!newsxfer3.itd.umich.edu!news.itd.umich.edu!tmwatson From: tmwatson@umich.edu (Timothy Watson) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy Subject: Re: GPL Date: 11 Feb 1997 22:35:18 GMT Organization: Engineering, U of Michigan Lines: 26 Distribution: world Message-ID: <TMWATSON.97Feb11173518@lukyduk!.umich.edu> References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <5cvodo$hme@omega.gmd.de> <5db0q8$1f6i@usenet1y.prodigy.net> <5dd2mc$ad5@omega.gmd.de> <5dqmfu$2hqo@usenet1y.prodigy.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: breakout.rs.itd.umich.edu In-reply-to: davidsen@tmr.com's message of 11 Feb 1997 20:57:34 GMT Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:157887 comp.os.linux.networking:68210 comp.os.linux.advocacy:83559 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2465 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:52658 comp.os.os2.advocacy:267263 In article <5dqmfu$2hqo@usenet1y.prodigy.net> davidsen@tmr.com (bill davidsen) writes: > In article <5dd2mc$ad5@omega.gmd.de>, Holger Veit <veit@borneo.gmd.de> wrote: > > | The point is here that the term 'license' is void in German law. What is > | there are certain (difficult to translate without loss of juridical > | semantics) "conditions in a trade contract". There are certain clauses > | which are considered "surprising" and are therefore void. > > I'm trying to avoid snipping this out of context, but do I > understand that if you buy a book you can add a chapter and > republish it without the permission of the original author? Because (That's clearly rhetorical). I'm wondering if "licenses" limiting use of a software to only 100 users, etc. is valid in Germany. Or once you buy your copy of PV-WAVE, can you just put it on a CRAY and have all 1000 or so users have a go? -Tim -- ________________________________________________________________________ T i m o t h y W a t s o n tmwatson@umich.edu __/| Something there is that doesn't love a wall, that wants it down