On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 23:29:52 +0200 lee <l...@yun.yagibdah.de> wrote: > Celejar <cele...@gmail.com> writes: > > > In this context, any problem with the definition of "copy" is > > irrelevant; you cannot legally (under US law) transfer *any* version of > > the software, "original" or "copy", to anyone else without the > > copyright holder's permission, as you have not purchased the software > > but merely licensed it. > > You were talking about copies. Anyway, I didn't sign any license for > the software, so I haven't licensed it. What I have is a license to use > the software which I didn't even want to have, and anyone can buy it. > If the law says that I can't sell it without the permission of whoever > is allowed to issue the license in the first place, then the law should > require the issuer to buy the license back from me or allow me to sell > it.
I don't know about what the law should say, but what it (US law) does say is pretty clear. > Imagine you bought a car that has software in it and the car is built in > such a way that it doesn't function without the software --- which > unfortunately is the case for pretty much every car built somewhat > recently. You probably have a license to use that software. You can't > ever legally sell the car unless you remove the software first. > > Now go to a junkyard and ask them for an ECM of some particular car. > I'm sure they'll sell it to you if they have it, with all the software > included. I think we've pretty much exhausted this topic, so I'm going to just let it drop. Celejar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120926221522.8726db83.cele...@gmail.com
