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What stops stolen software from offering a valid license?
I've never seen a license agreement like this make that license conditional on having actually paid for the software.
Careful reading of license agreements shows that this isn't accurate. Commercial ...
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How to legally sell installation of Windows 7 as a service?
You enter into an agreement with Microsoft.
But seeing as Microsoft no longer sells Windows 7 licenses, and Windows 7 fell off support long ago, your business proposal is dead in the water.
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What stops stolen software from offering a valid license?
A computer can’t enter into a contract
A EULA is a contract between the software company (not the computer) and the end user. If the software is obtained in a manner authorized by the publisher, then ...
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How to legally sell installation of Windows 7 as a service?
Whether or not you need to have a business license depends on local law (e.g. in the US the requirements are established by the city). Typically, software services do not require a service, but you ...
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Would a user of the Stack Exchange API be liable for re-publishing copyright infringing data?
Yes, he's liable.
A Partial Copy of a Fair Use is not necessarily Fair Use
Content that is used with Fair Use on Stack Exchange isn't necessarily used with Fair Use in the website that uses the data ...
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Would a user of the Stack Exchange API be liable for re-publishing copyright infringing data?
united-kingdom
Not necessarily.
The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 has:—
The copyright in a work is infringed by a person who, without the licence of the copyright owner,
(a) possesses in ...
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Faked GPL license
As a matter of contract law, you are bound to the amended licence
If a scammer (to use your term), has violated FSF’s copyright, that is a matter between them and FSF; it has nothing to do with you.
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Driver’s License loss
Texas law does not impose any obligation on a person who finds a lost driver's license. You can call the police and complain, but under the circumstances there is nothing they can do (since the bank ...
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Is Zero-Clause BSD legally binding?
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER
That is part of the license, and being free from and Lawsuit is valid ...
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