Paul Jakma wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Jun 2005, Proinnsias Breathnach wrote:
>>> You probably won't find it online - that much is true, but it's
>> certainly legal to transfer a (legit) copy under Irish and most .eu
>> laws AIUI.
>>> Second this. You're right. There's a section to our copyright act
> which exempts electronic transfer from copyright - provided the
> copy-from copy is destroyed (and was legit in first place).
>> That said, you have to wonder why this person specifically needs
> SO5.2.. (would later version not work? they're all backwards
> compatible usually, in format).
>> regards,
I agree with this too... and when I made the initial request I was
firmly under the impression that it would be 100% legal for anyone with
a legit copy to make SO 5.2 available to me.
The reason I specifically need SO 5.2 is that I am in the middle of an
MBS thesis that is looking at the use of SO in Irish organisations. My
main research site is still using SO 5.2 on most of its desktops, and
the problems they are experiencing seem to be specific to SO 5.2. I was
hoping to install SO 5.2 on my laptop to look more closely at some of
these "problems" and get screenshots etc.
I have SO 7 at the moment but I am under the impression that there are
significant differences between 7 and 5.2?
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