Re: US court says software is owned, not licensed

[Robert Heller]

At Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:26:05 +0200 Alexander Terekhov <terekhov@web.de> wrote:

> 
> 
> Robert Heeler wrote:
> [...]
> > I think that the point of the citizen.org case (eBay vender vs
> > Autodesk), is that if you have A copy in your possesion, you have the
> > right to dispose of that copy (eg selling it).  This is distint from
> > *making a copy* of the copy.  
> 
> But don't you own a legitimate "GPL'd" copy (after making a copy of the
> copy pursuant to the GPI) just like in the former case, Heller?

READ THE REST OF MY POST!

If one has, for example, a shrink wrapped copy, never opened (and thus
never installed), it is perfectly legal to re-sell that copy.  I
believe that was citizen.org's case.  Once you install it (eg open the
box), then one 'has made a copy'.  If you resell the box/CD/whatever,
someone ends up with a non-legal copy (assuming that the software in
question was not GPL or other open source, which was the case with the
eBay vender vs Autodesk case that citizen.org defended).

> 
> regards, 
> alexander.
> 
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