Subj : Re: GNU Public Licences Revisited (again)
To   : comp.programming
From : Gerry Quinn
Date : Thu Sep 01 2005 12:32 pm

In article <1125493564.555874.276450@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, 
robert.thorpe@antenova.com says...
> Randy Howard wrote:

> > But once they a buy a copy from this person, who they were just
> > being so 'civilized' toward, they are free to make as many
> > copies as they like and give them to all their friends?  How
> > civil.  That doesn't seem to be very consistent with the above.
> 
> Would it be more civil if the person who bought the software was
> prevented from selling it or giving it to someone else?  I don't think
> so.

If you buy the software, you are entitled to do with it as you wish.

If you buy a non-exclusive licence to use it, which is the stated or 
implied contract in typical retail transactions, you haven't bought the 
software.

- Gerry Quinn

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