After takin' a swig o' grog, Alexander Terekhov belched out this bit o' wisdom:
> > David Kastrup wrote: > [...] >> The idea of the FSF is that you get access to the source together with >> the binaries. > > That's an idea, but its implementation is totally busted (outside the > GNU Republic). > > Oh dear. Once again: I've got a CD full of GPL'd binaries (and no > source code on it at all) which I'm going to distribute to you under > contractual agreement imposing forbearance from exercising the rights > granted to you under the GPL by the copyright owners. > > 17 USC 109, aka "first sale" (also known as doctrine of copyright > exhaustion in Europe), dear. > > It's just amazing how many folks are being brainwashed by the FSF. > > The GPL gives "freedom" as in the GNU Republic where software belongs > to state (and hence it is regulated by state permits akin to lottery or > gun dealership which are neither contracts nor property rights), and > both 17 USC 109 and 17 USC 117 are simply nonexistent. What are you actually saying? As far as I can tell, the above makes no definite statment. -- Reboot America. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
