Alexander Terekhov wrote:
Well, at least her own pseudo-paralegal conclusions are quite a contribution on the recreational front! ;-)
I don't know why she seems to have gone off the deep end over this; she seems to have forgotten that first sale does not affect the rights of the copyright holder. Your usual contention that copies of GPLed works you obtain by downloading can then be sold without complying with the GPL continues to be wrong, of course. 17 USC 106 separates two rights of the copyright holder: <http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/usc_sec_17_00000106----000-.html> (1) to reproduce the copyrighted work in copies or phonorecords; ... (3) to distribute copies or phonorecords of the copyrighted work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending; The GPL grants you different permissions for these two rights of the copyright holder. Creating the copies allowed by the first does not give you permission to distribute them. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
