Hi Daniel, On 07/08/10 20:18, Okalany Daniel wrote: > Hi Tim, > Seeking to make money using someone else's work is not always clearly a > breach of copyright. > If I seek to make money by selling Ubuntu, I don't breach any copyrights. > Or if I make money by distributing Ubuntu CDs with ads for that matter. >
You can only make money distributing Ubuntu if you obey the license conditions of the copyright holders. This is very important, as copyright law is at the very heart of the GPL. Similarly you can only make money from music if you obey the license conditions of the copyright holders. I think you will find that nearly all music has a license condition that prevents distribution or performance of that music unless a royalty is paid to the copyright holder. IANAL so I cannot comment on the position re Ugandan law, IMHO however, it cannot be morally justified to steal another persons copyrighted material in order to make money out of it. Thanks, Tim -- WebERP Africa Ltd +447710427049 +256752963327 +255784602561 www.weberpafrica.com _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
