Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 16:46:12 +1000 From: Steven Honson <shonson@planetquake.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Making copys of the FreeBSD CD's Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19990827164612.00866830@southcom.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199908270424.AAA10857@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> References: <37C60CBC.4F5763D4@gorean.org>
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I was planing on making a backup because I use the cd's quite a bit installing it onto servers at work, and I had quite a lot of trouble getting a copy of it where i am in the world. I did not realise that I would be breaching any copyrights by making a backup of a free operating system. It looks like I will have to just continue using my original copy and hope that nothing goes wrong with the cd. As far as I know I can legaly copy the CD as a backup for myself, well thats the deal with most other software anyway. -Steven At 12:24 AM 8/27/99 -0400, you wrote: >Doug wrote, >> Rishikesh wrote: >> > >> > * Greg Lehey (grog@lemis.com) [990826 22:24]: >> > > >> > > If you look at the back of the booklet, the last line reads: >> > > >> > > This CDROM copyright (c) 1999 Walnut Creek CDROM >> > > >> > > FreeBSD can be freely copied and redistributed. The CD-ROMs may not, >> > > and I doubt your motives. I can't stop you from breaching the >> > > copyright, but you can be sure as hell I won't help you. >> > > >> > > Greg >> > >> > I wonder what is the difference between the two? >> >> It's the difference between content and formatting. To take the argument >> to the extreme case, you cannot copyright the english alphabet, but people >> can copyright works that make use of it. It's how the letters are arranged >> that make the work copyrightable. Same goes with the CD's. All of the >> content is available for free, but WC Archive puts it together in a handy >> format for you. That format is copyrightable, and you can't just copy it >> and use it for your own commercial pursuits. >> >> Doug (not a lawyer) > >I believe you are trying to explain something known as a 'compilation >copyright.' >-- >Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > --------------------------------------- Steven Honson Internet Technologist & Consultant Taroona High School shonson@hubbub.ths.tased.edu.au To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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