Re: PHPNuke license
David Turner <novalis@novalis.org> writes:
> On Fri, 2003-03-07 at 00:19, Anthony Towns wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 06:28:06PM -0500, David Turner wrote:
>> > On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 17:35, John Goerzen wrote:
>> > > On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 05:07:13PM -0500, David Turner wrote:
>> > > > Distribution does not, and has never, mattered (see previous message in
>> > > > this thread).
>> > > I think it's pretty clear that all three subsections of section 2 takes no
>> > > effect unless distribution has occured.
>> > Please read it again -- if that's so, why does (2)(b) specifically
>> > mention distribution?
>> > (2)(a) and (2)(c) *do* apply even in the absence of distribution.
>>
>> Well, they try to anyway. If there's no copying taking place, I fail to
>> see how it can apply, whether it tries to or not.
>
> Because the preparation of derivative works is one of the exclusive
> rights of copyright holders. Please read 17 USC 106 (2) again.
Yes... but I can write in the margins of a book as much as I like, or
tape over bits of a video recording. Given a legal unmodified copy on
disk, can't I modify it as I wish under the first-sale doctrine? I
own the drive it's on, after all, and copyright does not in any way
infringe my right to dispose of my physical property.
-Brian
Still not a lawyer.
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Brian T. Sniffen bts@alum.mit.edu
http://www.evenmere.org/~bts/
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