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Subject: Re: openbkweb-0.0
From: Robert Love <rml@tech9.net>
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On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 16:11, Adrian Bunk wrote:

> If a clause in a license forbids a licensee to use or decompile the
> program to gather the information needed for independendly developed
> programs to interoperate with this program current German copyright law
> says that this clause is void in Germany.  :-)

In which case you would have no right to use the program, not unlimited
right. :)

But if this is true, I guess this raises a concern for German hackers
(or perhaps everyone in the EU?).

	Robert Love

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