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From: | Snit |
Subject: | Re: Bye - Bye , open source derivative works litigation |
Date: | Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:48:03 -0700 |
User-agent: | Microsoft-Entourage/12.23.0.091001 |
Hyman Rosen stated in post B4Zcn.76921$JE2.9456@newsfe09.iad on 2/11/10 12:42 PM: > On 2/11/2010 2:37 PM, Alexander Terekhov wrote: >> A joint work can be created without any license at all. > > But when there is a license, the presumption is > that the license states the terms. > >> The GPL doesn't have to say anything about joint works >> (just like in the case of no license at all) for a joint >> work created that is available to non-coauthors under the >> GPL. Coauthors don't need any non-exclusive license -- >> they have exclusive ownership!!! > > They cannot be co-authors except as they accept the GPL, > because they otherwise have no permission to create a > derivative work from GPL-licensed code. Their freedom is limited. -- [INSERT .SIG HERE]
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