On Thu, Jan 24, 2008 at 08:44:12 +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > Karl Goetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > * line 81-83: "OpenVision > > also retains copyright to derivative works of the Source Code, whether > > created by OpenVision or by a third party." I think this could threat > > this software freedom. > > Yes. This adds a requirement that doesn't exist under copyright law: > "you, the creator of a derivative work, will surrender copyright in > that work to OpenVision". That's a significant cost to pay, and it's > written in the license as a term of deriving the work at all. > > This seems to be over-reaching on the part of the licensor, and may > make the work non-free. > AIUI this says that openvision has copyright to derivative works, which is a fact anyway. There can be multiple copyright holders, and in the case of a derivative work created by a third party, there will be. I don't see what's non-free about that?
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