Messages in this thread | | | From | "Dean McEwan" <> | Date | Thu, 15 May 2003 10:35:21 +0000 | Subject | Re: Digital Rights Management - An idea (limited lease, renting, expiration, verification) NON HARWARE BASED. |
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If you look at M$'s licences notice how it says you own a lease.
> On Wed, May 14, 2003 at 11:22:57AM -0400, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > > What did I say? I never implied that leasing software was illegal. > > What I said was that software that expires after a certain time > > has certain problems, the most basic of which is that a renter > > who makes a good-faith effort to pay the rent, must be able to > > retain ("enjoy") the use of the rented property. > > It's not property that you are renting, it is a right-to-use. > -- > --- > Larry McVoy lm at bitmover.com http://www.bitmover.com/lm
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