On 12/21/2010 10:45 AM, Alexander Terekhov wrote: > Copyleft doesn't forbid creation of derivative works.
You miss the point. The court has said that some violations of the terms of service are copyright violation, and some are not. The difference lies in whether the violating action is an infringement of the copyright holder's exclusive rights under the Copyright Act or not. > 17 USC 109 The GPL allows copying and distribution only under its terms, and distinguishes between copies for personal use and distribution. It is a violation of copyright to distribute the former as the latter, and the first sale doctrine is not relevant to this - the infringing copy was not "lawfully made under this title". _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
