Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Dell vs. GPL | From | "Trever L. Adams" <> | Date | 01 Jul 2003 11:38:23 -0400 |
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> What Andre has neglected to state outright is that violating > a licence AGREEMENT is not a crime. It does not fall under > the jurisdiction of criminal law. It is a matter of > contract law. If you contend copyright violation, then you > may have a claim although that is largely handled as a tort > under civil, not criminal, jurisprudence.
I have been wondering when someone would actually bother to explain it in such detail. I don't know why I didn't bother to make that clear as part of some of the crap I said about NDAs myself... probably just lazy.
Trever
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