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Re: "GPL requirement could have a chilling effect on derivativedistros"
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David Kastrup |
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Re: "GPL requirement could have a chilling effect on derivativedistros" |
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Fri, 30 Jun 2006 09:07:59 +0200 |
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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
- Re: "GPL requirement could have a chilling effect on derivative distros", (continued)
- Re: "GPL requirement could have a chilling effect on derivative distros", Alexander Terekhov, 2006/06/28
- Re: "GPL requirement could have a chilling effect on derivative distros", David Kastrup, 2006/06/28
- Re: "GPL requirement could have a chilling effect on derivative distros", Alexander Terekhov, 2006/06/28
- Re: "GPL requirement could have a chilling effect on derivative distros", David Kastrup, 2006/06/28
- Re: "GPL requirement could have a chilling effect on derivative distros", Tim Smith, 2006/06/28
- Re: "GPL requirement could have a chilling effect on derivative distros", Alexander Terekhov, 2006/06/28
- Re: "GPL requirement could have a chilling effect on derivative distros", Alfred M. Szmidt, 2006/06/29
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- Re: "GPL requirement could have a chilling effect on derivativedistros", Stefaan A Eeckels, 2006/06/30
- Re: "GPL requirement could have a chilling effect on derivativedistros", David Kastrup, 2006/06/30
- Re: "GPL requirement could have a chilling effect on derivativedistros", Stefaan A Eeckels, 2006/06/30
- Re: "GPL requirement could have a chilling effect on derivativedistros", Merijn de Weerd, 2006/06/30
- Re: "GPL requirement could have a chilling effect on derivativedistros", David Kastrup, 2006/06/30
- Re: "GPL requirement could have a chilling effect on derivativedistros", Alexander Terekhov, 2006/06/30
- Re: "GPL requirement could have a chilling effect on derivativedistros", Merijn de Weerd, 2006/06/30
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