Re: Trolltech QT license question

"stork" <stork@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Stork replies to:

Are you reading anything that I'm saying? I'm talking about the
consequences of the GPL, not things that aren't available under the GPL

No, you are arguing that you have a right to use a piece of software
irrespective of the vendor's license terms within your understanding of
the law and not within the confines of any moral obligation to enter
into a contract in good faith. Thus, the law is all that matters and
not any morals that support it. Other people can play by the same
rules that you establish as well, and with outcomes not to your liking.

If you can make up a definition of fair use that suits you, then,
certainly I could make one up that suits me. I could, in theory, given
sufficient funding, make the law be anything I want, either via a court
fight or flat out legislation. All of that could be avoided, as I said
earlier, if you were just willing to honor the spirit of the vendor's
offering, and, if you didn't like it, use some other vendor's products.
That's how the free market works, ya know.

Stork, do you by any chance work for the MPAA? Your views on fair use
and similar concepts suggest that this might be the case.

--
Måns Rullgård
mru@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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