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Re: Copyright Misuse Doctrine in Apple v. Psystar
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Hyman Rosen |
Subject: |
Re: Copyright Misuse Doctrine in Apple v. Psystar |
Date: |
Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:45:02 -0500 |
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Thufir Hawat wrote:
I think that the key distinction is *who* put Linux on the router, and
that whoever did is the distributor. Some third party who sells a device
with GPL software installed on it isn't necessarily distributing that
software.
Correct. Because the GPL is a copyright license, it can affect only those
who do things with the code that copyright would otherwise restrict. When
Actiontec makes routers and installs BusyBox on them, they need permission
because they are making copies of BusyBox. When Verizon gets those routers
and passes them on to customers, they are not doing anything which requires
permission from copyright holders, and so need do nothing with the GPL.
The only question is Verizon's web link for obtaining firmware upgrades.
- Re: Copyright Misuse Doctrine in Apple v. Psystar, (continued)
- Re: Copyright Misuse Doctrine in Apple v. Psystar, amicus_curious, 2009/02/19
- Re: Copyright Misuse Doctrine in Apple v. Psystar, Hyman Rosen, 2009/02/19
- Re: Copyright Misuse Doctrine in Apple v. Psystar, amicus_curious, 2009/02/19
- Re: Copyright Misuse Doctrine in Apple v. Psystar, Hyman Rosen, 2009/02/19
- Re: Copyright Misuse Doctrine in Apple v. Psystar, amicus_curious, 2009/02/20
- Re: Copyright Misuse Doctrine in Apple v. Psystar, Hyman Rosen, 2009/02/20
- Re: Copyright Misuse Doctrine in Apple v. Psystar, Hyman Rosen, 2009/02/27
- Re: Copyright Misuse Doctrine in Apple v. Psystar, Thufir Hawat, 2009/02/19
- Re: Copyright Misuse Doctrine in Apple v. Psystar,
Hyman Rosen <=
- Re: Copyright Misuse Doctrine in Apple v. Psystar, amicus_curious, 2009/02/19
- Re: Copyright Misuse Doctrine in Apple v. Psystar, Hyman Rosen, 2009/02/19
- Re: Copyright Misuse Doctrine in Apple v. Psystar, amicus_curious, 2009/02/20
- Re: Copyright Misuse Doctrine in Apple v. Psystar, Hyman Rosen, 2009/02/20
- Re: Copyright Misuse Doctrine in Apple v. Psystar, Alexander Terekhov, 2009/02/20
- Re: Copyright Misuse Doctrine in Apple v. Psystar, Hyman Rosen, 2009/02/20
- Re: Copyright Misuse Doctrine in Apple v. Psystar, Alexander Terekhov, 2009/02/20
- Re: Copyright Misuse Doctrine in Apple v. Psystar, Rjack, 2009/02/20
- Re: Copyright Misuse Doctrine in Apple v. Psystar, Hyman Rosen, 2009/02/20
- Re: Copyright Misuse Doctrine in Apple v. Psystar, amicus_curious, 2009/02/20