Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!goblin3!goblin.stu.neva.ru!i.newsfeed.yosemite.net!newsfeed.yosemite.net!newsfeeds.ihug.co.nz!lust.ihug.co.nz!ihug.co.nz!not-for-mail From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: And The Award For Most Legally-Encumbered =?UTF-8?B?4oCcSGVsbG8gV29ybGTigJ0=?= Program ... Followup-To: comp.lang.java.programmer Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2011 17:05:39 +1200 Organization: Geek Central Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: <9b584a36-f160-4e01-8e2f-ca3f83f17ee4@x10g2000yqj.googlegroups.com> <5b0642c5-0634-4b8b-98fc-e9bfcbba1064@b42g2000yqi.googlegroups.com> <5ebf790e-1d47-409f-9b00-dc2a890b5bcf@l18g2000yql.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 118-92-86-36.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Trace: lust.ihug.co.nz 1307077539 6924 118.92.86.36 (3 Jun 2011 05:05:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@ihug.co.nz NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 05:05:39 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: KNode/4.4.11 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:4921 In message , BGB wrote: > On 6/2/2011 8:10 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > >> In message<5ebf790e-1d47-409f-9b00- >> dc2a890b5bcf@l18g2000yql.googlegroups.com>, Paul Cager wrote: >> >>> The license grants us permission to use the code. Without a license we >>> could be breaching copyright by redistributing it. >> >> You mean, the way you could be “breaching copyright” by “redistributing” >> your USENET posting containing quotations of my words? > > possibly, except that the nature of Usenet itself is itself for public > communicaton and conversation ... Same reasoning applies to the entire Internet, on which all kinds software is made available.