John Hasler wrote: > > Ciaran writes: > > I can't follow all the mails on this list, but just to distill the > > discussion down: Is someone on this list claiming after Company X sells a > > source+binary copy of some GPL'd software to Buyer Y, that, in the USA, > > Buyer Y can then pass on or resell the binary (without the source) > > without being bound by the requirements of the GPL? > > Yes, but under US law a "copy" is a tangible object. Thus you can purchase > a complete set of Debian CDs from CheapBytes and then sell each CD > seperately even though some of the CDs contain only binaries. You cannot, > however, download a set of Debian ISOs, burn them to CDs, and sell the > binary ones seperately since you did not purchase those CDs but made them > yourself, thus accepting the terms of the GPL.
Oh really? Keep dreaming, ancle Hasler. http://www.copyright.gov/reports/studies/dmca/sec-104-report-vol-1.pdf "There is no dispute that section 109 applies to works in digital form. Physical copies of works in a digital format, such as CDs or DVDs, are subject to section 109 in the same way as physical copies in analog form. Similarly, a lawfully made tangible copy of a digitally downloaded work, such as a work downloaded to a floppy disk, Zip™ disk, or CD-RW, is clearly subject to section 109." regards, alexander -- http://gng.z505.com/index.htm (GNG is a derecursive recursive derecursion which pwns GNU since it can be infinitely looped as GNGNGNGNG...NGNGNG... and can be said backwards too, whereas GNU cannot.) _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
