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.



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


-- 
- Tom Penney
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