Re: Digital Rights Management - An idea (limited lease, renting,

Dean McEwan (dean_mcewan@linuxmail.org)
Thu, 15 May 2003 10:35:21 +0000

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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