>> Surely the author loses that right the moment they make it available for
>> free to the general public? Otherwise you'd end up with the absurd
>> situation where I could upload a program or book I wrote to my website,
>> wait a few months, then prosecute all the people who read/installed it
>> for not having my permission. It would probably never even get to court
>> in the first place, the judge would laugh at you.
>
> So according to your logic, if someone distributes a program on their
> website, they relinquish all rights to it.

I never said all rights, just the right that you can then go ahead later 
and claim people need to pay for it. As I said, that would lead to 
absurd situations.

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