Alexander Terekhov <terek...@web.de> writes: > Robert Heller wrote: > [...] >> If one has, for example, a shrink wrapped copy, never opened (and thus >> never installed), it is perfectly legal to re-sell that copy. I >> believe that was citizen.org's case. Once you install it (eg open the > > Stop here, Heeler. > > Don't you own a legitimate "GPL'd" copy (after making a copy of the > copy pursuant to the GPL) just like in the former case, Heeler?
An authorized copy. The authorization was bound to conditions. They don't fall away suddenly. If you sell those physical copies, the recipient has indeed first sales rights. But not you. Not to the copies you made under permission of the GPL. Is that a loophole for the GPL in US jurisdiction? Maybe, but apparently not large enough to be attractive for setting up a business. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
