@rysiek @inkscape Surely the licence is to “copy”,...

Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦's posts Post Back to profile

@rysiek @inkscape Surely the licence is to “copy”, not “use”, isn’t it?

I mean they may argue “copy” from disc to memory, etc, is copying, but given the ruling that reading a web site (which is a lot of copying and sending and stuff) is the same as “reading a book”, I would expect “running a program” is not “copying” (or distributing, etc).

I mean I don’t know, but you can bet they do not want it to get near an actual court…

Like 5 May 2023 at 15:39 | Wall-to-wall | Open on toot.me.uk

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Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦

@revk @inkscape

> Surely the licence is to “copy”, not “use”, isn’t it?

Wanna bet?

5 May 2023 at 15:42 | Open on mstdn.social

RevK :verified_r:

@rysiek @inkscape well I mean from a copyright point of view, which is the only reason you need a “licence” in the first place.

If they have revoked/terminated the licence, but you don’t need a licence to run it, what do they sue you for exactly?

5 May 2023 at 15:43 | Open on toot.me.uk

wikiyu

@revk @rysiek @inkscape to use adobe software you need to connect to their activation shit servers ...
For newer ones: each few days
On older: just after install/update

So yes these assholes can stop you from using it.

I was forced to not reinstall my lightroom few years ago by adoshit corp.

5 May 2023 at 15:55 | Open on sprawy.eu

wikiyu

@revk @rysiek @inkscape oh and yes. In their licence there is information that "activation service is needed and we will give access to it for at least x years and we can kill it after that lol loooser"

5 May 2023 at 15:58 | Open on sprawy.eu

Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦

@revk @inkscape EULAs might or might not be enforceable depending on jurisdiction.

And in the end it might not matter all that much. If you're just a creative type using the tools or a small workshop, will you be inclined to go to court and fight against a lawsuit from Adobe?..

Most likely you won't. Because that means years in litigation and a lot of money with a very uncertain outcome. So all this armchair lawyering is pretty irrelevant, IMVHO.

5 May 2023 at 15:58 | Open on mstdn.social