SFLC will love the 7th Circuit
John Cowan
cowan at ccil.org
Mon Oct 15 23:16:18 UTC 2007
Philippe Verdy scripsit:
> This won't apply to the Linux kernel, that Google did not originate itself,
> so when it distributes it, it remains under the obligation of the Linux
> licence. This is not a First Sale distribution, because Google has no
> exclusive right on this kernel
The first-sale doctrine refers to the sale of physical objects that
embody the fixation of a copyrighted work, such as a book on paper or
CD or a computer program in a device. The owner of the object can sell
it without the permission of the copyright owner.
> this would require thousands of separate non-GPL licence agreements
> with ALL those authors, accepting to relicence their code in a way that can
> be sublicenced by Google).
This turns out not to be the case either.
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