Alexander Terekhov wrote:
Here's what happened:
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Is there anything above against the law, Hyman?
The only problematic step is copying the downloaded file onto a distribution medium. It helps that Microsoft actually instructs you to do this, but might be construed as being the copy made in order to run the software. (The copy of a program which is made in the computer's RAM is permitted by copyright law, but you do not have first-sale rights in it.) It's the same with GPLed software. If you download it directly onto a DVD, you have first-sale rights on the DVD. If you download it to hard disk and then make a copy to a DVD, you can distribute that DVD only under terms of the GPL. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
