[sword-devel] Withdrawn SWORD modules?

[Greg Hellings]

On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 1:32 PM, David Haslam <d.haslam at ukonline.co.uk> wrote:
>
>  Withdrawn SWORD modules such as the PorAA can still be downloaded by using
>  the  http://web.archive.org/ Internet Archive  Wayback Machine.
>  I just had no problem resurrecting the modules download page dated Dec 04,
>  2005.
>
>  Is it sufficient to merely withdraw a module that was reported to have been
>  made without a proper license
>  from the copyright owners, or should further steps be pursued to close these
>  paths too?
>
>  What is the legal situation?

IANL, but my understanding is that it's web.archive.org who is in
violation of law.  The neighborly thing would be for us to alert them,
but I doubt they'd do anything about it.  We *probably* have no legal
liability in that situation.

--Greg

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