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Re: If not GFDL, then what?



On Mon, 2003-10-13 at 10:47, Joe Moore wrote:

> Many technical books come with a CD of examples from the book, or similar
> material.  A copy of the source could easily be distributed on that CD.*
> 
> * The book could not legally be sold without the CD, since the seller would
> not be fulfilling the reqs of the GPL.

The publisher couldn't legally sell the book without the CD (or 2(b)
notice); however, anyone else could buy a copy from the publisher,
remove the CD, and resell it. See the "first sale" doctrine.

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