Scripsit David Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Wed, 2002-12-04 at 18:58, Henning Makholm wrote:
> > I throw away the source CD and then start selling the binary discs > > from my retail store. My poor customers will be left with binaries and > > no way to get source, much contrary to the intentions behind the > > GPL. Now what *I* am doing is not really blessed by the GPL, but I > > don't need to care - because I'm not doing any *copying*, I don't need > > any copyright license, so I don't need to accept the GPL. > You're not copying. You're distributing. That is, "to distribute > copies or phonorecords of the copyrighted work to the public by sale or > other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending." So, > you're still in violation. Is that some U.S. statute language you're quoting there? It doesn't apply to me; I'm in Denmark. Here, copyright is the right to copy, and the law explicitly permits redistribution of a particular copy once it has been sold or given to someone with the permission of the author. [Danish Copyright Act LBK 618/2001, ยง19] -- Henning Makholm "What a hideous colour khaki is."
