Hyman Rosen wrote: > > Rjack wrote: > > The *only* relevant license permission is the right to make a copy. > > And that permission is granted without restriction by the > GPL for copies which are not to be conveyed. You cannot use
http://cyberlawcases.com/2009/10/01/court-rules-again-that-vernor-can-sell-autodesk-software/ "The court explains again why the Ninth Circuit precedent that it is bound to follow, United States v. Wise, requires the result that Vernor is the owner of the copies of the software. Wise requires the court to look at a transaction holistically, and the court finds no basis for the conclusion that an agreement to permit perpetual possession of property can be construed as reserving ownership. This is the key factor in copy ownership cases: perpetual possession. When a transaction results in an individual being entitled to perpetual possession of the copy, as was the case for Vernor, then courts should find that such individuals are owners of their copies, entitled to a first sale right ..." 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 [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
