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Re: Circumventing the GPL
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David Kastrup |
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Re: Circumventing the GPL |
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Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:56:28 +0200 |
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Alexander Terekhov <terekhov@web.de> writes:
> David Kastrup wrote:
>>
>> Alexander Terekhov <terekhov@web.de> writes:
>>
>> > John Hasler wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Tim Smith wrote:
>> >> > The copies were pretty clearly made lawfully under GPL. I am
>> >> > clearly the owner of the copies. So, why can't I take advantage
>> >> > of first sale and sell them, without the need of copyright
>> >> > permission?
>> >>
>> >> Because you agreed not to sell them without source when you
>> >> accepted the GPL which you did when you made the copies.
>> >
>> > Ahhh. But don't you know that the GPL is not a contract (agreement)
>> > in the GNU Republic, uncle Hasler? :-)
>>
>> You can claim either agreement or non-agreement with the conditions.
>> Your choice. In the latter case, you had no permission to copy in
>> the first place.
>
> You confuse conditions precedent with covenants. In the former case,
> failure to fullfill condition precedent means that I had no permission
> to copy in the first place. But restrictions on distribution of a
> copy that I make (under authorization) just can't be conditions
> precedent because a copy must be made first. Got it now?
Agreement is precedent to making copies. You can't drop it later. It
is similar to buying things by bank draft. If I later decide that I
don't relish paying, I can't just dissolve the bank account and let my
vendor sort out the mess by himself. Even if I claim that at the time
of purchase I was perfectly intending to hold up my part of the deal.
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
- Re: Circumventing the GPL, (continued)
- Re: Circumventing the GPL, Hyman Rosen, 2008/07/24
- Re: Circumventing the GPL, Tim Smith, 2008/07/25
- Re: Circumventing the GPL, David Kastrup, 2008/07/25
- Re: Circumventing the GPL, Hyman Rosen, 2008/07/25
- Re: Circumventing the GPL, John Hasler, 2008/07/25
- Re: Circumventing the GPL, Alexander Terekhov, 2008/07/25
- Re: Circumventing the GPL, David Kastrup, 2008/07/25
- Re: Circumventing the GPL, Alexander Terekhov, 2008/07/25
- Re: Circumventing the GPL,
David Kastrup <=
- Re: Circumventing the GPL, Alexander Terekhov, 2008/07/25
- Re: Circumventing the GPL, David Kastrup, 2008/07/25
- Re: Circumventing the GPL, Alexander Terekhov, 2008/07/25
- Re: Circumventing the GPL, Tim Smith, 2008/07/25
- Re: Circumventing the GPL, David Kastrup, 2008/07/25
- Re: Circumventing the GPL, Tim Smith, 2008/07/25
- Re: Circumventing the GPL, David Kastrup, 2008/07/26