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From: "Ben A L Jemmett" <bal.jemmett@ukonline.co.uk>
Subject: Re: the ultimate IF archive
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"Matthew Russotto" <russotto@grace.speakeasy.net> wrote in message
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> Not really.  Because the key question is the legality of the initial
> download.  If I can legally make that first copy, I can legally sell
> it, no matter what the author says.  (or so the argument goes and the
> letter of the law appears)

But you can't legally make that first copy unless you abide by the licence.
If the licence wasn't displayed until after the download, you should delete
the downloaded copy if you don't agree to the licence.  To hold an
unlicensed copy is illegal, so you cannot legally sell it.

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