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1996-07-20 - Re: US versions of Netscape now available

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From: David Sternlight <david@sternlight.com>
To: “Peter D. Junger” <cypherpunks@toad.com>
Message Hash: 6fedad0b65691c04b6189ded36a71c4caaec85a9ccb049d68e9f0cd365fba5c0
Message ID: <v03007604ae15857b1319@[192.187.162.15]>
Reply To: <31EEEA3F.5015@netscape.com>
UTC Datetime: 1996-07-20 11:49:38 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 19:49:38 +0800

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From: David Sternlight <david@sternlight.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 19:49:38 +0800
To: "Peter D. Junger" <cypherpunks@toad.com>
Subject: Re: US versions of Netscape now available
In-Reply-To: <31EEEA3F.5015@netscape.com>
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At 4:57 AM -0700 7/19/96, Peter D. Junger wrote:
>Jeff Weinstein writes:
>
>: Adam Back wrote:
>: > Presumably as this latest netscape beta is freely distributable, once
>: > it's out it will be on ftp.unimi.dsi.it, ftp.ox.ac.uk, etc, etc.
>:
>:   Just a minor nit.  No netscape software is freely distributable.
>: The license agreement does not allow people who download it
>: to redistribute it.
>
>But--to nitpick at the nit--nothing in the license agreement that I
>can find forbids one from distributing it to others who are not
>foreign persons and are not outside the United States.

It's a copyright work. There is no need to be explicit--redistribution of
copyright intellectual property (except for fair use excerpts) is an
infringement without explicit permission of the copyright owner, isn't it?
Next you'll be telling us that one can Xerox best-sellers without
permission and send them to Patagonia unless there's an explicit sale
prohibition against it.

Tthe license terms would have to allow redistribution explicitly for any
flavor of it to be non-infringing--they don't have to prohibit some flavors
specifically, yes?

David

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