Re: Digital Rights Management - An idea (limited lease, renting, expiration, verification) NON HARWARE BASED.
Larry McVoy (lm@bitmover.com)
Wed, 14 May 2003 11:48:56 -0700
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.
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Larry McVoy lm at bitmover.com http://www.bitmover.com/lm
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