Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 08:23:49 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: "Robert A. Bruce" <rab@pike.cdrom.com>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: rab@pike.cdrom.com Subject: Re: BSD advertising clause Message-ID: <4.1.19990318082221.03f07c30@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199903180957.BAA09798@pike.cdrom.com> References: <Your message of "Wed, 17 Mar 1999 19:14:06 PST." <99585.921726846@zippy.cdrom.com>
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At 01:57 AM 3/18/99 -0800, Robert A. Bruce wrote: >2. It constitues "restraint of trade", because it puts conditions not > only on the party doing the copying, but also on third parties such > as distributors and resellers. In the US, once you sell a product, > you cannot put any conditions on how it will be sold, such as price > levels, discounts, channels, or advertising restrictions. That is > collusion and restraint of trade. I was under the impression that this was called the "first sale" doctrine. In any event, wouldn't this invalidate parts of the GPL, too? And/or the notice on many products that says, "For non-commercial use only?" --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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