Re: Home Page Copyright

Stephan Spencer (www@bioinformatics.bocklabs.wisc.edu)
Wed, 28 Dec 1994 23:30:35 -0800

On Thu, 29 Dec 1994, Albert Lunde wrote:

> Matt wrote:
> > What I was asking was not so much what is permitted by the pooh-bahs,
> > but rather what licenses or agreements that exist conveying certain
> > limited use rights while maintaining copyright protection.
> >
> > I guess this is more of a legal question than a Net-marketing question
> > but still any info on such 'shrink wrap' style agreements that might
> > work on the net would be helpful.
>
> There is one class of agreements that you can find examples of
> in use on the net -- software licenses for freeware, shareware, and demo
> programs. Some were clearly crafted with legal advice. I'd
> suggest looking around a large source code site like ftp.uu.net.

This book is a little bit dated, but might be helpful nonetheless..

Contracts in the Information Industry II
published by the IIA (Information Industry Association)

Stephan Spencer (closest infopreneur)
Institute for Molecular Virology
University of Wisconsin-Madison
http://www.bocklabs.wisc.edu