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From ilug-admin@linux.ie Wed Oct 9 10:54:29 2002
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id 17z34V-0008QK-00 for <ilug@linux.ie>; Tue, 08 Oct 2002 15:43:23 -0700
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To: ilug@linux.ie
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Subject: Re: [ILUG] Interesting article on free software licences
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X-Mas: Bah humbug.
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From: Rick Moen <rick@linuxmafia.com>
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Quoting Paul Linehan (plinehan@yahoo.com):
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> The point here is that (under French law) the author can change the
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> terms of the licence arbitarily. This is because any granting of
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> rights by an author must be clearly delimited in terms of how long,
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> where, to whom, dates and times.
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The GPL and similar licences are explicitly permanent grants of rights
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attached to an instance of his work. (The other stuff mentioned
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concerns contract law, e.g., the required element of privity, etc.)
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> In the absence of such limitations, the original author has the right
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> to change his software back to closed on a whim.
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No, the author has the right to issue _additional_ instances under a
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different licence, such as a proprietary ("closed" [sic]) licence.
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> Rick Moen makes the point that it is not a sale but rather a granting
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> of rights which are not default.
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>
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> See the bit about even the granting of rights by an author having to
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> be explicitly specified - under French law.
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The analysis, here and elsewhere, concerns contract law. This isn't
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contract law.
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This isn't the first time copyright attorneys have stumbled on this
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subject. I'm sure it won't be the last.
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