OT: Legalese [Re: And another Ubuntu convert!]

Frank McCormick fmccormick at videotron.ca
Wed Jan 28 13:12:19 UTC 2009


Bart Silverstrim wrote:
> 
> Frank McCormick wrote:
>> Mario Vukelic wrote:
>>> On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 11:47 -0400, Derek Broughton wrote:
>>>> Software has always been licensed, Entertainment generally hasn't 
>>>> (at least explicitly). 
>>> Oh so wrong. They are copyrighted and licensed for use, have always
>>> been.
>>>
>>>
>>   Strange. My original DVD's say nothing about being licensed for
>> use...they ONLY contain warnings about copying and unlicensed distribution.
> 
> How can it warn about unlicensed distribution if there isn't a license 
> in the first place?
> 

  I would assume there is a license....for distribution.






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