From: "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com>
To: <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: <kpfleming@backtobasicsmgmt.com>, <xavier.bestel@free.fr>,
       <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: BK kernel workflow
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 17:25:07 -0700
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> On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 16:22:25 -0700
> "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com> wrote:

> > 	I just downloaded bitkeeper, and I didn't have to consent
> > to any license.
> > So you can legally acquire BitKeeper without accepting the
> > license terms. So
> > this whole argument is irrelevent

> You can acquire it, but the first time you ever try to use
> it you will be asked to page through the text of the license
> and agree to it.

	That does not matter. Once you lawfully acquire it, you automatically have
the (transferrable!) right to use it. Really. Otherwise, as I said, I could
put my copyrighted poem up on billboards (along with a license if you want)
and then sue everyone who read it.

	In the United States, the license, to be valid, must be a condition of
obtaining lawful possession of the copyrighted work. If you disagree, please
feel free to cite cases where this argument was raised and rejected.

	DS


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