Re: [Fsfe-uk] Re: ECF/ESF

[MJ Ray]

On 2004-10-05 11:05:23 +0100 Stuart A Yeates 
<address@hidden> wrote:

> We have written a document that attempts to explain to a 
> non-programmer what 
> benefit they might gain from having access to the source code of the 
> programs 
> they use. http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/resources/whysource.xml

Only two of those follow from mere access to the source code. All the 
others require more copyright permissions, but only one seems to note 
that fact. (I think one more of them might be granted by an amendment 
to the copyright act, but I've not checked.)

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