[boost] Re: Boost license

From: Alexander Terekhov (terekhov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-07-31 08:41:33

Alexander Terekhov wrote:
[...]
> >   When you buy a book you don't sign a contract too. Nor a license.
> > That does not mean that you have rights to copy the original work or
> > derivatives.
> 
> Nothing; fair use (fair use copies also fall under 17 USC 109, BTW)
> aside for a moment.

I meant that you indeed can't make copies and derivatives (apart from 
fair use). But you own your copy and you can do things similar to

http://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/cases/125_F3d_580.htm
(LEE v. A.R.T. COMPANY, 125 F.3d 580 (7th Cir. 1997))

I just quote one passage that I really like.

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We asked at oral argument what would happen if a purchaser jotted a 
note on one of the note cards, or used it as a coaster for a drink, 
or cut it in half, or if a collector applied his seal (as is common 
in Japan); Lee's counsel replied that such changes prepare 
derivative works, but that as a practical matter artists would not 
file suit. A definition of derivative work that makes criminals out 
of art collectors and tourists is jarring despite Lee's gracious 
offer not to commence civil litigation.
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;-)
regards,
alexander.