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Re: Looking for an open source license..
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David Kastrup |
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Re: Looking for an open source license.. |
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Mon, 26 Jun 2006 14:38:23 +0200 |
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Alexander Terekhov <terekhov@web.de> writes:
> Lasse Reichstein Nielsen wrote:
> [...]
>> Hardly. No GPL licensed software is being distributed with further
>> restrictions.
>
> Or dear. How much will you pay me for a CD full of GPL'd binaries
> (and no source code at all) which I'm going to distribute to you
> under contractual agreement imposing forbearance from exercising
> the rights granted to you under the GPL by the copyright owners?
>
> 17 USC 109, aka "first sale" (also known as doctrine of copyright
> exhaustion in Europe), dear.
>
> It's just amazing how many folks are being brainwashed by the FSF.
Which includes the courts and legal departments of big companies (who
settle rather than getting dragged to court).
Cf. <URL:http://gpl-violations.org/> for examples.
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
- Re: Looking for an open source license.., (continued)
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- Re: Looking for an open source license.., Alexander Terekhov, 2006/06/26
- Re: Looking for an open source license.., Alfred M. Szmidt, 2006/06/26
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- Re: Looking for an open source license.., Alexander Terekhov, 2006/06/26
- Re: Looking for an open source license.., David Kastrup, 2006/06/26
- Re: Looking for an open source license.., Alexander Terekhov, 2006/06/26
- Re: Looking for an open source license.., David Kastrup, 2006/06/26
- Re: Looking for an open source license.., Alexander Terekhov, 2006/06/26
Re: Looking for an open source license.., Alexander Terekhov, 2006/06/26