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Re: The worst that can happen to GPLed code


From: John Hasler
Subject: Re: The worst that can happen to GPLed code
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 22:41:43 -0500
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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.

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?
-- 
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI

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