On Sun, Sep 07, 2003 at 01:49:12AM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote: > 17 USC 106 (3) lists four ways for a copy to be distributed. > > 106. Exclusive rights in copyrighted works: > > Subject to sections 107 through 122, the owner of copyright under > this title has the exclusive rights to do and to authorize any of > the following: > > (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; > > Rental and lending are pretty much out of scope for software, licenses > preclude sale, so what we're pretty much only discussing lease of the > software, subject to the terms of the license.
Um, you missed "or other transfer of ownership". The recipient gains ownership of a copy (and sometimes this is an actual sale, where money changes hands), and gets a license to make and distribute further copies under certain conditions. Richard Braakman
