From: Mikael Brockman <mikael@...>
Date: 2004-09-03T21:26:37+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] - EZFX Editor 0.6.0

Stephan K辰mper <Stephan.Kaemper@Schleswig-Holstein.de> writes:

> Richard Lyman wrote:
> > I'm really undecided about the whole licensing thing... obviously
> > there are some restrictions that come with using the modules and
> > packages that I've used... so I don't really know what license it
> > would be under...
> 
> As it seems, the editor currently comes without any license at all...
> <nitpicker_mode>
> ....which _might_ mean that you're not allowed to use it at all, since
> you don't have a license.
> </nitpicker_mode>

Without a license, you're free to do mostly anything, but you can't
share it.  To share it, you need the permission of the copyright owner.
That's how licenses restrict you.  They say ``if you don't shine my
shoes, you can't share my software.''  That doesn't mean you have to
shine their shoes, of course -- but if you don't, you can't share.