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Re: The worst that can happen to GPLed code
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David Kastrup |
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Re: The worst that can happen to GPLed code |
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18 Jun 2004 15:39:44 +0200 |
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Alexander Terekhov <terekhov@web.de> writes:
> Stefaan A Eeckels wrote:
> [...]
> > Thus, the idea of using first sale to justify
> > extracting code from a tarball, and combining
> > it with other code into an "aggregation" without
> > accepting the GPL is a non-starter. Right?
>
> Read
>
> http://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/cases/125_F3d_580.htm
>
> And try to apply the same logic ("palpability" aside for a moment).
>
> <quote author=Rosen>
>
> Free software advocates say that software should be "Free as in speech,
> not as in beer", but as a practical matter, when using the GPL, they
> really mean free as in beer too. That is because software that is
> licensed under such licenses will inevitably be distributed, because
> of market pressure, at zero price.
>
> </quote>
>
> That's your "problem", not mine. First sale, fair use, etc. still
> apply.
First sale applies if there is a sale. It doesn't if there isn't.
Copyright defines the minimum set of rights that can be _sold_ to you.
It does not apply to items to which you have no right in the first
place, but to which you are unilaterally granted a conditional license
to use and redistribute, without any exchange of consideration from
your side.
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
- Re: The worst that can happen to GPLed code, (continued)
- Re: The worst that can happen to GPLed code, Alexander Terekhov, 2004/06/29
- Re: The worst that can happen to GPLed code, Stefaan A Eeckels, 2004/06/29
- Re: The worst that can happen to GPLed code, Lee Hollaar, 2004/06/29
- Re: The worst that can happen to GPLed code, David Kastrup, 2004/06/29
- Re: The worst that can happen to GPLed code, Lee Hollaar, 2004/06/29
- Re: The worst that can happen to GPLed code, David Kastrup, 2004/06/29
- Re: The worst that can happen to GPLed code, Lee Hollaar, 2004/06/29
- Re: The worst that can happen to GPLed code, Ernest Schaal, 2004/06/29
- Re: The worst that can happen to GPLed code, Stefaan A Eeckels, 2004/06/29
- Re: The worst that can happen to GPLed code, Alexander Terekhov, 2004/06/29
- Re: The worst that can happen to GPLed code,
David Kastrup <=
- Re: The worst that can happen to GPLed code, Lee Hollaar, 2004/06/29
- Re: The worst that can happen to GPLed code, David Kastrup, 2004/06/29
- Re: The worst that can happen to GPLed code, Lee Hollaar, 2004/06/29
- Re: The worst that can happen to GPLed code, Alexander Terekhov, 2004/06/29
- Re: The worst that can happen to GPLed code, Stefaan A Eeckels, 2004/06/29
- Re: The worst that can happen to GPLed code, Alexander Terekhov, 2004/06/29
- Re: The worst that can happen to GPLed code, David Kastrup, 2004/06/29
- Re: The worst that can happen to GPLed code, Alexander Terekhov, 2004/06/29
- Re: The worst that can happen to GPLed code, David Kastrup, 2004/06/29
- Re: The worst that can happen to GPLed code, Stefaan A Eeckels, 2004/06/29