In article <%be9m.42750$ta5.28...@newsfe15.iad>, Hyman Rosen <hyro...@mail.com> wrote:
> Rjack wrote: > > You're missing the point. The GPL's goal is to purportedly replicate > > licenses "downstream" to all third parties. It is not possible for the > > holder of a non-exclusive license (a non-owner) to grant a *new* > > license downstream. > > <http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl.html> > Each time you convey a covered work, the recipient > automatically receives a license from the original > licensors, to run, modify and propagate that work, > subject to this License. That license comes from the copyright owner, not the non-exclusive licensee who conveys the work. That's why only the copyright owner has standing to sue over a GPL violation. -- --Tim Smith _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
