Re: "GPL requirement could have a chilling effect on derivativedistros"

[David Kastrup]

Tim Smith <reply_in_group@mouse-potato.com> writes:

> In article <mailman.3514.1151598508.9609.gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org>, Alfred
> M. Szmidt wrote:
>>    How about a link to this legislation, GNUtian ams?
>> 
>> Sure, copyright law.  But I doubt that you are familiar with that.
>
> Try 17 USC 109.
>
> This is the codification of the first sale doctrine.  Basically, it
> says that if you have a legal copy of a copyrighted work, you do
> *NOT* need the permission of the copyright owner to distribute it.
>
> This is why you can sell a book to a used bookstore, without having
> to contact the author and get permission.

The question is whether I can cut the book into two parts and sell it
to different people, or in different sales.

Breaking a car down for parts is fine, but a car is not a literary
work.

-- 
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum