Re: [upcoming] The European Court of Justice on 'Software' First Sale

[Alexander Terekhov]

Tim Jackson wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:51:54 +0200, Alexander Terekhov wrote...
> >
> > Tim Jackson wrote:
> > [...]
> > > So yes, certainly the copyright holder can say "you can make as many
> > > copies as you like".  But he can also make that subject to conditions -
> > > as a copyleft licence does.
> >
> > Hey, I've downloaded GCC binary package and made several copies of it...
> > what are the GPL 'conditions' that I should have fulfilled for the act
> > of making copies?
> >
> > The answer is 'no conditions for the act of making copies' and you
> > simply don't want to admit it.
> 
> But you can only distribute those copies in accordance with the GPL
> conditions.

Nope, distribution under 'first sale' exception is good enough for me.