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No it doesn't. 17 USC 117 refers to software that you already have a licence for, and covers exemptions to copyright. ie. you're allowed to make a backup of sof
by anthonyb 14y ago
No it doesn't. 17 USC 117 refers to software that you already have a licence for, and covers exemptions to copyright. ie. you're allowed to make a backup of software, you're allowed to transfer your licence to someone else and you're allowed to run it if you only use it to fix .
Note the phrasing (from http://www.bitlaw.com/source/17usc/117.html http://www.bitlaw.com/source/17usc/117.html) of these bits:
...all archival copies are destroyed in the event that continued possession of the computer program should cease to be rightful.
...that lawfully contains an authorized copy of the computer program...
- tzs 14y ago> 17 USC 117 refers to software that you already have a licence for No, it refers to software that you own a copy of. Termination of a copyright license does not terminate your ownership of copies that you already have, if they were made lawfully and distributed to you lawfully. A good quick and dirty test to see if you need a copyright license in order to legally do something is to ask yourself what the copyright owner would allege in his pleadings if he were to sue you.
- anthonyb 14y agoHmm, maybe you're right, but most software licences that I can lay hands on from a quick Google search (other than the GPL) explicitly mention 'use' and termination. For example, the BSD licence: Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: If what you were saying is true though, it would mean that the BSD licence is essentially unenforceable, since once I have a copy, it can't be taken away.