Restricting the flow of GNU sw

[Lars-Henrik Eriksson]

In article <23...@vogon.cetia.fr> phi...@vogon.cetia.fr (Philip Peake) writes:
> But, to set the record stright: There IS a copyright on EUUG software
> distributions. This does NOT apply to the contents, except in exceptional
> circumstances which are clearly expressed.
>
> Anyone (being a member of the EUUG) is free to take any non-copyright
> material from these tapes, re-package it in any way they choose, and give
> it to anyone that they want to.
>
> What they CAN'T do is to simply duplicate the tape.
> Why ?, well, believe it or not, the compliaton of these tapes takes
> considerable time, effort and money. This is paid for by EUUG members,
> and is a service of the EUUG for its members.
>
> In the past there have been instances of various groups of people taking
> these tapes, duplicating them and giving them away, or even selling them.
>
> EUUG makes no profit from this service, the tapes are "sold" at cost, which
> is the total price of the work of compilation and manufacture of the tapes.
> Obviously, someone making a few pirate copies on their companies machines
> (maybe even on company tapes) can do the job cheaper. EUUG, nor its members
> want to subsidise this sort of activity.

Why not? If duplicating the tapes is a big effort for EUUG staff, permitting
unlimited copying of the tapes would lessen this burden, since some people
would get tapes from other sources.

If EUUG made a profit on the tapes, things would be different, but you say
explicitely that it does not.

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