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Date:      Fri, 27 Aug 1999 12:34:33 +0300
From:      Vallo Kallaste <vallo@matti.ee>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        Steven Honson <shonson@planetquake.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Making copys of the FreeBSD CD's
Message-ID:  <19990827123433.A9647@myhakas.matti.ee>
In-Reply-To: <19990827173419.Z483@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Fri, Aug 27, 1999 at 05:34:19PM %2B0930
References:  <37C60CBC.4F5763D4@gorean.org> <199908270424.AAA10857@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> <3.0.5.32.19990827164612.00866830@southcom.com.au> <19990827173419.Z483@freebie.lemis.com>

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On Fri, Aug 27, 1999 at 05:34:19PM +0930, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> wrote:

> > 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.
> 
> No, you're not breaching copyright by making copies for backup
> purposes.  You would be breaching copyright by making copies for
> distribution to other people.  As I said above, I doubted your
> motives, because people don't normally make backups of CDs.  I've
> taken a look at your web site, and I'm beginning to think that this
> doubt was unfounded.
> 
> I don't know why you should have difficulties getting hold of CDs
> where you are, but if you need any, let me know.

What exactly distribution means? Am I violating copyright doing
two-three copies of the whole cd-set for giving away without any cost
except the cost of writable cd's? I'm doing it for promoting FreeBSD
from time to time.
-- 

Vallo Kallaste
vallo@matti.ee


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