[wplug] Fw: BSDCan 2005 - live network backup announcement

[Poyner, Brandon]

It's more of a licensing issue than a copyright issue.  You probably
don't own the copyright on the majority of software you use, it's the
license that permits you have one or multiple copies of the software.
This is true for GNU, BSD, and Microsoft software.  So you have to
follow the terms of the license.  Most licenses permit you to make
offline backups, be it to tape drive, zip file, or usb pen drive.  

Brandon Poyner
Network Engineer III
CCAC - College Office
412-237-3086
 

-----Original Message-----
From: wplug-bounces+bpoyner=ccac.edu at wplug.org
[mailto:wplug-bounces+bpoyner=ccac.edu at wplug.org] On Behalf Of Doug
Green
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 9:11 AM
To: General user list
Subject: Re: [wplug] Fw: BSDCan 2005 - live network backup announcement

Sounds very cool- but why not just back up your data? Does making a
mirrored
copy of a non-open source application violate copyright laws?