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From: "Dean McEwan" <dean_mcewan@linuxmail.org>
To: lm@bitmover.com, "Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com>
Cc: dean_mcewan@linuxmail.org, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 10:35:21 +0000
Subject: Re: Digital Rights Management - An idea (limited lease, renting,
    expiration, verification) NON HARWARE BASED.
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If you look at M$'s licences notice how it says you own a lease.

> On Wed, May 14, 2003 at 11:22:57AM -0400, Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> > What did I say? I never implied that leasing software was illegal.
> > What I said was that software that expires after a certain time
> > has certain problems, the most basic of which is that a renter
> > who makes a good-faith effort to pay the rent, must be able to
> > retain ("enjoy") the use of the rented property. 
> 
> It's not property that you are renting, it is a right-to-use.  
> -- 
> ---
> Larry McVoy              lm at bitmover.com          http://www.bitmover.com/lm

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