Am 15.01.2013 18:56, schrieb Warp:

> So according to your logic, if someone distributes a program on their
> website, they relinquish all rights to it.

Not if they make the download page, installer or startup screen tell you 
that they reserve some rights. (And if it's about the right to 
distribute, then it should better be the download page.)

> And that's why, for example, the Free Software Foundation successfully
> sues people for breaking their usage license. Wait... Didn't they just
> relinquish all rights by publishing the program on their website? They
> shouldn't be able to impose their rights, because they lost it.

Well, that's why software typically tells you what license model applies 
to it...

> Again: It doesn't matter how you get the program. You still need a legal
> license to use it (even if it's a license that grants you the permission
> to use it completely free of charge.)

No. Unless it states somewhere in a suitable place that you need a 
separate license to use it, you don't need a separate license to use it.

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