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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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