Am 15.01.2013 01:05, schrieb Warp:

> Maybe you should get more acquainted with copyright law then. Unless a
> copyright-based license explicitly says that you can use the copyrighted
> product, the default is that you can't. It doesn't matter how you get it.

That is nonsense. Copyright governs the right to copy (hence copyright), 
not the right to use a piece of software.

> An explicit notification saying "you need to buy a license to use this
> product" would be nice, but it's not *necessary*. Not according to copyright
> law. Copyright is automatic and doesn't require any explicit notification,
> and the *default* is that copyrighted work can *not* be used without
> explicit permission.

If they're distributing the software to you (e.g. by making it available 
on a publicly accessible web page), it is more than prudent to assume 
that they are ok with you getting a copy. As for whether they are ok 
with you actually /using/ that copy, it is likewise prudent to assume 
that whatever the downloaded software displays as EULA during 
installation is the company's intention (at least unless they 
/explicitly/ informed you otherwhise when they handed you the copy). It 
is also prudent to assume that if they let you get a copy of the 
software, there must be /some/ way to also obtain the right to actually 
use it; so if the EULA doesn't hint at a different licensing model, it 
is prudent to assume that possessing an authorized copy of the software 
also implies possessing the right to use it.

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