Uh, the 17 USC 109 (first sale) case you want there would be Kirtsaeng:
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/11-697_4g15.pdf


From: Alexander Terekhov [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2019 10:05 AM
To: [email protected]
Cc: Smith, McCoy <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [License-discuss] IP licensing: Specific performance (or damages) 
vs. Infringement - algorithm for (C++) programmers

> or at least cases from the current – or preceding – century.

My favorite:

"A purchaser has the right to use, sell, or import an item because those are 
the rights that come along with ownership, not because it purchased authority 
to engage in those practices" 
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/16pdf/15-1189_ebfj.pdf

I've been telling it for almost fifteen years, pointing to 17 USC 109 and 17 
USC 117 trying to convince people that open source "conditions" are 
unenforceable under the copyright law.

Am Fr., 26. Juli 2019 um 18:49 Uhr schrieb Smith, McCoy 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>:
There are two mailing lists:
License Review

Charter: Reviewing submitted licenses for OSD Compliance and Proliferation 
concerns (as described in the Approval 
Process<https://opensource.org/approval>), in order to provide community 
recommendations to the OSI Board.

License Discuss

Charter: Discuss and answer important questions about Open Source licensing, in 
order to collect community wisdom for the FAQ<https://opensource.org/faq>.
Alexander did post to the latter, which is not limited to currently 
pending-for-approval licenses.
Whether or not specific performance vs damage is an “important question” in 
open source, I question, but it would probably be more useful to the list if 
those issues were tied to a particular open source license or pending case, or 
at least cases from the current – or preceding – century.

From: License-discuss 
[mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>]
 On Behalf Of VanL
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2019 8:29 AM
To: Alexander Terekhov <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Cc: 
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [License-discuss] IP licensing: Specific performance (or damages) 
vs. Infringement - algorithm for (C++) programmers

Hello Alexander,

It is clear that you have a lot of passion for topics around software 
licensing, which I certainly won't disagree with. However, it is very difficult 
to identify your specific points.

This particular list is for discussion of particular licenses being proposed or 
evaluated for acceptance by the OSI. You are including long quotes from various 
decisions, but they are unmoored from a specific license text. This results in 
a lot of noise on the list, and distracts from its primary purpose.

I'd request that you address your comments more specifically to license texts 
that are under discussion, as opposed to the theory of software licensing 
generally. This would result in your contributions being much more helpful in 
the overall debate.

Thanks,
Van



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