Re: The worst that can happen to GPLed code

[Alexander Terekhov]

John Hasler wrote:
> 
> I wrote:
> > The first sale doctrine is about disposition of tangible copies purchased
> > from the copyright owner.
> 
> Alexander Terekhov writes:
> > The disposition is tangible. A bunch of diskettes.
> 
> Tangible copies you made.  Not ones you purchased.

Doesn't matter. "A lawfully made tangible copy of a digitally downloaded 
work, such as a work downloaded to a floppy disk, Zip™ disk, or CD-RW, 
is clearly subject to section 109."

> 
> I wrote:
> > If you created ten copies of a CNN Web page do you think that the first
> > sale doctrine would give you the right to sell those copies?
> 
> Alexander Terekhov writes:
> > No.
> 
> Then what makes you think you can sell copies of stuff from the FSF site?

Because I own copies of programs downloaded from the FSF site. CNN site
is a service. http://www.cnn.com/interactive_legal.html

regards,
alexander.