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Re: "Adobe Open Source License" GPL compatible?


From: Rui Miguel Seabra
Subject: Re: "Adobe Open Source License" GPL compatible?
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 15:58:49 +0100

On Tue, 2005-04-12 at 16:40 +0200, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> Rui Miguel Seabra wrote:
> [...]
> > But you can't MAKE COPIES of YOUR copy 
> 
> Sure I can. Work is GPL'd and publicly available. 
> 
> I admit making copies. What's the problem?

Well, English 101: the phrase ends on the period.

> > and (re)DISTRIBUTE them unless you have distribution rights.
                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

... which the GPL gives you under certain conditions only.

> 17 USC 109.

That's first sale, not (re)distribution of copies.

Rui

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