s64421@zeus.irc.usq.oz (house ron) (02/22/90)
roy@comcon.UUCP (Roy M. Silvernail) writes: >In article <17933@rpp386.cactus.org>, jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II) writes: >> In article <310@comcon.UUCP> roy@comcon.UUCP (Roy M. Silvernail) writes: >> >base fact remains. No license doesn't mean free-fr-all, it means "no >> >license". >> >> This is patently false. Without a license you are free to do anything >> not prohibited by copyright law. >> >... >The consensus seems to be pointing toward shareware limitations being >unenforceable. So, without the option of shareware, what options do I >have a as small-scale developer? I might not be employed by a large, I don't know about the US, but in Australia, making the copy from disk to RAM for execution needs permission, so without a licence, execution is illegal. Another way to go might be as follows: I make the first copy, give it to you on condition that ... blah blah ... and that you impose a similar condition on anyone else you give a copy to. I.e., the copies are only given to those who agree to the conditions. Having agreed, if they break 'em, you sue 'em. Ron House. (s64421@zeus.irc.usq.oz.au) (By post: Info Tech, U.C.S.Q. Toowoomba, Australia. 4350)