Re: [dvd-discuss] Interesting 1st sale-shrinkwrap-EULA-(c) infringementcase

[Tom <tom(at)lemuria.org>]

On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 09:57:49AM -0500, Noah silva wrote:
> So let me be stupid here and ask...  What happens when someone who wants
> to do something against (GPL, BSD Lisence, MPL, SISSL, LGPL, etc.) claims
> he isn't bound by the lisence because he has "first sale" (or first
> gift?).  

quote from GPL:

[...]
Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not
covered by this License; they are outside its scope.
[...]
  5. You are not required to accept this License, since you have not
signed it.  However, nothing else grants you permission to modify or
distribute the Program or its derivative works.  These actions are
prohibited by law if you do not accept this License.  Therefore, by
modifying or distributing the Program (or any work based on the
Program), you indicate your acceptance of this License to do so, and
all its terms and conditions for copying, distributing or modifying
the Program or works based on it.
[...]


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