In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: > 1. Party A makes a GPL'ed program available, on two CDs. One > has the program in binary form, and one has the source. > > 2. Party B obtains these CDs, and having no interest in the > source code, gives the source CD away, or perhaps discards it. > > 3. Later, Party B no longer has a use for the program, so > deletes all copies they have made of the binary CD, and then > puts the binary CD up for sale. > > 4. Party C buys the binary CD. > > Question: who, if any, is obligated to provide source to Party C > (if Party C wants it)? > > Party B. > > If B were selling a *modified* copy, or if B were making new copies > and selling them, it would be different, but that's not the case > here. > > Party B is distributing a verbatim copy, that it is or isn't a a new > copy isn't relevant.
You've overlooked the first sale doctrine. -- --Tim Smith _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
