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Re: Psystar's legal reply brief in response to Apple


From: Hyman Rosen
Subject: Re: Psystar's legal reply brief in response to Apple
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:57:31 -0000
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On 8/5/2010 12:48 AM, ZnU wrote:
(Mind you, there is some overreach in GPL3, in that it claims you need
to accept the license merely to _modify_ a work, even without further
redistribution. IMO this is invalid, as you'd have that right under
first sale doctrine even without accepting the license.

Not true. Permission from the copyright holder is required to
create a derivative work, even if you own a copy. For example,
you may not translate a novel into another language without
permission of the copyright holder.


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