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Re:Italian Courts Find Open Source Software Terms Enforceable by ashtonkem on Monday December 27, 2021 @12:38PM (#29704627)
That would hamper all kinds of commercial activities though, as it would effectively make free trials impossible.

It also sounds like it would be a pretty radical change to how copyright laws work, but I’m no expert here.

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Re:Italian Courts Find Open Source Software Terms Enforceable by Vespasian on Monday December 27, 2021 @01:14PM (#29705029)
If the author is effectively payed trough the (expected) purchase later on its probably fine. Or if the author is an employee and gets a salary
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