Hyman Rosen wrote: [...] > If A grants a software license to B on the express > condition that the license will remain in effect > only so long as B makes monthly payments to A, and > B then stops making payments to A, any subsequent > copying of the software [...] by B would constitute > copyright infringement
Imagine the following license, Hyman: "A hereby grants to B a monthly 17 USC 106 license on the express condition that B makes an upfront monthly payment to A" To dissect: 1. You pay (fulfil a condition) and the grant comes into effect (for one month). 2. You enjoy it for one month. 3. The grant is expired and is not in effect anymore. 4. You pay (fulfil a condition) and the grant comes into effect (for one month). 5. You enjoy it for one month. 6. The grant is expired and is not in effect anymore. ... What does this have to do with Artistic and/or GPL licenses, Hyman? regards, alexander. -- http://gng.z505.com/index.htm (GNG is a derecursive recursive derecursion which pwns GNU since it can be infinitely looped as GNGNGNGNG...NGNGNG... and can be said backwards too, whereas GNU cannot.) _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
