Writing in the margin of the book is one thing but what if you purchased a book and replaced the cover with one that said you wrote the book, then sold it as your own work? That seems a closer analogy to this situation. <br>
<br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/8/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">rwh</b> <<a href="mailto:rwh@visi.com">rwh@visi.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I think you're all missing that point that by purchasing the original<br>unit you've paid for the license to all of that stuff for that<br>individual unit. You're perfectly free to re-badge the thing as Uncle<br>
Ned's Truly Good WAP and Linksys can't do anything about it - that's<br>what the doctrine of first-sale is all about. If I write notes in the<br>margins of a book, I'm still free to sell that book and the publisher
<br>can't stop me.<br><br>Now if you were extracting Linksys's ROM code for some other unit there<br>would be copyright issues. If you were buying their units, hacking on<br>them and reselling them without at least a disclaimer that they had been
<br>mod'ed there could be issues regarding the Linksys trademark.<br><br>--rick<br><br>Chuck Cole wrote:<br>>> -----Original Message-----<br>>> From: <a href="mailto:tclug-list-bounces@mn-linux.org">tclug-list-bounces@mn-linux.org
</a><br>>> [mailto:<a href="mailto:tclug-list-bounces@mn-linux.org">tclug-list-bounces@mn-linux.org</a>]On Behalf Of Larry R. Pint<br>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 1:21 PM<br>>> To: <a href="mailto:admin@lctn.org">
admin@lctn.org</a>; <a href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a><br>>> Subject: Re: [tclug-list] OT copy write question<br>>><br>>><br>>> I am not a lawyer, but that sound like a pretty clear instance of
<br>>> copyright violation to me.<br>>><br>>> Larry<br>>><br>><br>><br>> Probably more than that. Just the interface to the ROMs is a proprietary<br>> hardware and software design by itself.
<br>><br>> Probably has some patent coverage as well.<br>><br>> Clear case of substantial plagiarism in both hardware and software, unless<br>> by agreement and marked as such.<br>><br>> .. and, as noted, probably will require new FCC test, certification,
<br>> approval, etc.<br>><br>> Only way around all that is to sell as a DIY kit.<br>><br>><br>> Chuck<br>><br>><br>><br>>>> -----Original Message-----<br>>>> From: <a href="mailto:tclug-list-bounces@mn-linux.org">
tclug-list-bounces@mn-linux.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:tclug-list-bounces@mn">tclug-list-bounces@mn</a>-<br>>>> <a href="http://linux.org">linux.org</a>] On Behalf Of <a href="mailto:admin@lctn.org">admin@lctn.org
</a><br>>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 1:10 PM<br>>>> To: <a href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a><br>>>> Subject: [tclug-list] OT copy write question<br>>>>
<br>>>> I am waiting for a response from Linksys on this, but not sure I will<br>>>><br>>> get<br>>><br>>>> one. Anyone know if it is a violation of any copy write, or other laws<br>
>>><br>>> to<br>>><br>>>> modify the hardware, replace the software, and case, on used Linksys<br>>>> routers, and resell them as a different product?<br>>>><br>>>> --
<br>>>><br>><br>><br></blockquote></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>- Tom Penney