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Re: "GPL requirement could have a chilling effect on derivative distros"


From: Rui Miguel Silva Seabra
Subject: Re: "GPL requirement could have a chilling effect on derivative distros"
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 09:19:06 +0100

Qui, 2006-06-29 às 19:52 +0200, Alfred M. Szmidt escreveu:
>    Yes. If you buy a book, you can sell your copy. That is what first
>    sale is about - the copyright holder can control copying, but once
>    a copy has been sold (lawfully acquired), the copyright holder
>    cannot control what is done with that copy.
> 
> Yes, but selling your copy is distribution.  So the person who sold
> the copy must accept the license and its terms; otherwise he is not
> allowed to sell/distribute it.

Actually, what Therekov "forgets" is that First Sale would apply to the
plastic, and not to the content inside it. Alas. He's so... Therekov!

Rui

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