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Op 14-11-15 om 04:11 schreef Michael Torrie:
> On 11/10/2015 03:03 AM, Antoon Pardon wrote:
>> Op 10-11-15 om 00:29 schreef Ben Finney:
>>>
>>> Who is doing what to whom? The user of the library isn't doing anything
>>> to the library author, so what is it the library author would consent
>>> to? Instead, you seem to be trying to assert a *power* of the library
>>> author to restrict the library user. Such a power is not granted by
>>> Python.
>>
>> Python is not at liberty to grant or deny such a power. Python is just
>> a vehicle in which code is written. The author of a library can restrict
>> its use anyway he sees fit.
> 
> No he cannot, outside the bounds of copyright law.  Why would you think
> otherwise?  The only document that binds the end user in any way is the
> copyright license, unless some other formal contract has been arranged.

You haven't contradicted me in any way. What you are talking about here
is in what form those restrictions must be published. I am talking about
the restrictions the author can put in a license.

-- 
Antoon Pardon