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From: martyl@rocksvax.UUCP (Marty Leisner)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: COPYRIGHT NOTICES
Message-ID: <283@rocksvax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 18-Aug-87 11:18:46 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 18 11:18:46 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 20-Aug-87 05:37:15 EDT
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Reply-To: martyl@rocksvax.UUCP (Marty Leisner)
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In article <579@quacky.UUCP> dce@quacky.UUCP (David Elliott) writes:
>In article <229@rocksvax.UUCP> martyl@rocksvax.UUCP (Marty Leisner) writes:
>>	"You can do anything you want with this software except sell
>>	it or take out this copyright notice".
>
>My question is: what does it mean to "sell" the software in question?
>
>Along with our hardware, we sell two versions of Unix for some
>price. If we add a piece of copyrighted software obtained from
>the net, but do not raise the price, are we "selling" the
>software? What happens if, by coincidence, we increase the
>price at the same time we add this item?

Good question.

If the software is copyrighted and not public domain, I think you have a 
problem.  You should probably contact the author for permission before 
distributing it.

Distributing "free" copyrighted software with a Unix system is adding value to
your Unix package -- which is why the software would be included in the first
place.

Several micro compiler vendors supply user contributed software with their 
compilers, along with a message along the order of "John Q. Public gave us
permission to distribute his software".

marty