Re: [OctDev] Use of MATLAB Central (was Re: GPL violations)

[Jaroslav H. <hi...@gm...>]

On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 9:44 PM, Judd Storrs <js...@gm...> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 3:17 PM, David Bateman <dba...@db...>
> wrote:
>>
>> Well till they make the change in the ToU I believe the question is
>> still in doubt from a legal point of view. However, if I'm ever sued,
>> I'll contact you for the version of the mail with MathWorks tech support
>> with the names to defend myself ;-)
>
> In this hypothetical situation who would be suing you? Does this
> person/entity you fear hold the copyrights to the files? If not, why would a
> court listen to their claims?
>

I suppose they couldn't sue you for copyright infringement, but for
ToS violation, stating that you caused them damage by unlawfully
exploiting the service that is intended for Matlab users and hence
limiting lawful customers by consuming server bandwidth :D
Yes, it sounds ridiculous, but wasn't it you who said that lawyers can
defend all sorts of illogical claims...?

In any case, this is good news. I'll keep my mouth shut next time...

-- 
RNDr. Jaroslav Hajek, PhD
computing expert & GNU Octave developer
Aeronautical Research and Test Institute (VZLU)
Prague, Czech Republic
url: www.highegg.matfyz.cz