On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:41:04 +0200
lee <l...@yun.yagibdah.de> wrote:

> Celejar <cele...@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > On Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:24:22 +0200
> > lee <l...@yun.yagibdah.de> wrote:
> >
> >> Celejar <cele...@gmail.com> writes:
> >> 
> >> > You do not cite any sources for your various assertions, and I believe
> >> > you are incorrect as a matter of US law.
> >> 
> >> American law doesn't apply here.  Letting that aside: What is a copy?
> >> When you duplicate software, you get an identical duplicate which is
> >> indistinguishable from other duplicates of the same software.
> >
> > Are you raising some sort of philosophical objection to the law, or
> > actually explaining what you think the law is?
> 
> I'm merely asking a question and suggest that there isn't really such a
> thing as a copy or an original in the classical sense in many cases.
> You are talking about some law that involves "copies" without explaining
> what a "copy" is.

In this context, any problem with the definition of "copy" is
irrelevant; you cannot legally (under US law) transfer *any* version of
the software, "original" or "copy", to anyone else without the
copyright holder's permission, as you have not purchased the software
but merely licensed it.

Celejar


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