"You can also browse and install software releases directly from the Internet Archive without leaving the app. "

That's a fine line being walked there. If they are worried about rights issues and not including the bundles, this seems like a risky FU by building this feature in directly. The part about using bundles you may have without asking questions of origin is fine. Otherwise, why not just include the bundles?

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jedberg 2 hours ago | parent [-]

This is pretty well trod legally. By the user taking a specific action, it makes the user responsible. Comma.ai uses the same technique. Technically their self driving hardware comes with no software. You have to click a button and point it at their GitHub to get the software on it, but it's automatic after that.

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schoen 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

We lost a Supreme Court case in 2005 on "inducement liability" (not a familiar copyright doctrine before that).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGM_Studios,_Inc._v._Grokster,....

I'm not sure if this doctrine has continued to be applied to anything else.

	▲	jedberg 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		That's a good point. The other examples didn't involve copyright. Hopefully since it's so old, the copyright holders are cool about it. ps. Hi Seth, good to see you around!

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CaliforniaKarl 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I forget, doesn't Audacity also have you do this, if you want to be able to export projects as MP3?

	▲	dylan604 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		yes, although the I recently tried doing this on a cloud Ubuntu instance, and it refused to see the .so file

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micromacrofoot an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

winamp did something similar, you actually had to whip the llamas ass yourself