On 9 Aug 2013, at 18:50, Arnt Karlsen <[email protected]> wrote:

Evening, Arnt

> ..I see no difference selling brand new and 2'nd hand stuff 
> under the GPLv2

My interpretation would be that, in a second hand sale of a piece of hardware 
with embedded software, the act of resale does not constitute an act restricted 
by copyright, and so there is no need for a licence, so whatever the GPL might, 
or might not, say is immaterial.

The GPL, as you say, does not make such a distinction, but I don't think it 
needs to: this is an issue of copyright law, and whether a licence is required, 
rather than a term of the licence itself.


Neil

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