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From: dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: COPYRIGHT NOTICES
Message-ID: <998@bsu-cs.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 19-Aug-87 12:26:42 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 19 12:26:42 1987
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Reply-To: dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi)
Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, Indiana
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   >	"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?

There is a very simple way to decide if you are selling the software.

You are selling a package containing hardware and software.  Now ask
this question:  Do you supply this particular copyrighted software free
of charge if somebody chooses *not* to buy the package?  In other
words, is buying the package the only way somebody can get this
software from you?  If you answer yes, then you're selling the
software.

If you disagree with my reasoning, well, I have this automobile that
I'm giving away.  (Oh, yeah...you are also required to buy a spare fan
belt for $10,000.)
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Rahul Dhesi         UUCP:  {ihnp4,seismo}!{iuvax,pur-ee}!bsu-cs!dhesi