Subject: RE: licensing NOT clear for me
From: Bernard Dautrevaux <[email-masked]>
To: "'DJ Delorie'" <[email-masked]>, [email-masked]
Cc: [email-masked], [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 10:13:46 +0100

> -----Original Message-----
> From: DJ Delorie [mailto:[email-masked]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 1999 7:22 PM
> To: [email-masked]
> Cc: [email-masked]; [email-masked]
> Subject: Re: licensing NOT clear for me
> 
> 
> 
> > From the above, it seems to me that b) would be feasible for source
> > distributions on the web, unless "written offer" means 
> something more
> > esoteric than actually including those words in a README.
> 
> According to RMS, "written" means paper, with a date and signature (or
> other identifying mark).  A computer file isn't legally binding
> because it can easily be modified.  Personally, I would think a
> PGP-signed text file would be sufficient if it included the date
> inside the message, assuming you can verify the signature in the
> future (you can always generate a new PGP key and toss the old one).
> 
> Still, you'd have to generate a new signed file every day (to get the
> full 3-year term) and the user can always download a new one to
> illegally extend their term.
> 

Or just put a date till which you are ready to provide the source that
is 4 years after the date of the PGP-signed message then re-generate it
each year; not such a hard thing to do....

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