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

[Ineiev]

On 10/11/2012 02:58 PM, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> Ineiev wrote:
> > On 10/10/2012 10:01 AM, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> > > If so be advised that the GPL doesn't fulfil Russian requirements for IP
> > > licenses in general...
> > Why?
>
> Read the entire chapter 69 (Part 4***) of Russian Civil Code. 
>
> Read especially carefully articles such as 1235 ("License Contract")...
>
> Finally, study twice article 160.

Could you be more specific? what requirements are not fulfilled
and what does it imply?

> [... "it is copying" ...]
>
> For the upteenth time: the act of copying is perfectly fine and
> unrestricted under the GPL and other public licenses.
>
> What is so hard to understand here?

It is hard to understand how article 1272 may be relevant when
you download GCC. what you get is a copy you've made yourself,
it wasn't sold or alienated by the copyright holder. I can't
see how the `first sale' doctrine may apply to it.