From: "Bodo Eggert <harvested.in.lkml@posting.7eggert.dyndns.org>" 
	<7eggert@gmx.de>
Subject: RE: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear 	copyright notice.
To: davids@webmaster.com, debian-legal@lists.debian.org,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Reply-To: 7eggert@gmx.de
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 11:41:20 +0200
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David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com> wrote:

>>Copyright law only _explicitly_ grants a monopoly on preparation of
>>derivative works.  However, it is trivial, and overwhelmingly common,
>>for a copyright owner to grant a license to create a derivative work
>>that is conditional on how the licensee agrees to distribute (or not
>>distribute) the derivative work.
> 
> This would, of course, only make sense if you *had* to agree to the license
> to *create* the derivative work. If you were able to create the derivative
> work under first sale or fair use rights, then the restrictions in the
> contract would not apply to you.

If you buy a W*nd*ws install CD, you can create a derived work, e.g. an image
of your installation, under the fair use rights (IANAL). Can you distribute
that image freely?
-- 
Friendly fire isn't. 

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