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To: antiRepublicrat

Anti,

I was referring to the actual code on the phone not the license itself. Skype is redistributing an appliance and in this case pointing at the manufactures site is the best way to do it.

As to the license, you’re right that skype should make it come with the unit and, were I skype, I would ask the manufacturer to include it..


4 posted on 07/27/2007 9:07:15 AM PDT by N3WBI3 (Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak....)
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To: N3WBI3

You just have to comply with the license, even if you are only the distributor. Even though copyright isn’t actual theft, there’s an equivalent in this that trafficking in stolen goods is still illegal, even if you’re not the one who stole the items. Distributor beware.

I don’t think Microsoft would just let me go if I were distributing Chinese-made systems with pirated copies of Windows on them.


5 posted on 07/27/2007 9:12:33 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: N3WBI3
The decision reinforces that companies must adhere to the conditions of the GPL just as with any other contract

Stallman, and anyone who understands copyright, shouldn't be too happy with this statement. It's a license, not a contract.

14 posted on 07/27/2007 11:25:34 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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