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Bradley Kuhn (bkuhn) - 10 years ago 2014-03-15 20:43:34
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Mention contractual controls from EULAs.

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@@ ... / @@ -486,12 +486,17 @@ available to subjugate users. For example: @@
   The simplest (and perhaps oldest) form of DRM, of course, is separating
   software source code (read by humans), from their compiled binaries (read
   only by computers).  Furthermore,
   \href{http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/1201}{17 USC 1201} often
   prohibits users legally from circumventing some of these DRM systems.
 \item Most EULAs also include a contractual agreement that bind users further
   by forcing them to agree to a contractual, prohibitive software license
   before ever even using the software.
 \end{itemize}
 \subsection{Non-USA Copyright Regimes}
 \label{non-usa-copyright}
 Generally speaking, copyright law operates similarly enough in countries that
 have signed the Berne Convention on Copyright, and software freedom licenses

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