On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:02:31 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> I understand in Germany, a
>> software company cannot impose restrictions on the use of software
>> (including how you may or may not resell it or whether - IIRC - you can
>> reverse-engineer it).
> 
> In the USA before the DMCA, a license couldn't prevent you from doing
> things allowed by fair use. Particularly because copyright law is
> federal and license law is state-level.

Yep, I remember that from an earlier discussion. :-)

Jim

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