To: Paul Edwards

 PE> A contract is only enforceable if there is a clear benefit on
 PE> both sides. Arbitrary rules don't go very well under Law. 

 PE> However, the thing that they are relying on is - WHAT gives YOU
 PE> the right to use their code? Where do you have permission to do
 PE> so? The only thing that gives you a right to use it, comes with
 PE> a whole lot of strings attached. It really stinks though.

  Has it ever been tested in Law? As I said, IMO they don't have a
hope in hell of publishing code and then writing their own copyright
conditions. The only way to do that legally is with a licence, a 
two-way thing like a contract... which takes me back to where I was.
They are saying that *I* have to give away *my* code, and that's just
not legal... whether I add it to *their* code or not... especially
when their ownership is dodgy anyway, with other people adding bits.
Who owns it? Who has copyright? Give me a name.

Regards,
Bob
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