David Kastrup wrote: > > Alexander Terekhov <terek...@web.de> writes: > > > David Kastrup wrote: > >> > >> > 2) Copyright law seems even in the US holds that nonexclusive licenses > >> > are clearly indivisible and do not automatically grant sublicense > >> > rights (a sublicense being a new license issued by a licensee). > >> > >> The GPL is used for distributing the work as a whole. > > > > The GPL just can't apply to the BSDL licensed material because the > > BSDL doesn't grant sublicensing rights you idiot. > > Again: as opposed to patents, copyright applies to rights connected with > physical copies.
Copyright licenses apply to *intagable* "works" just like patent licenses apply to *intagable* "inventions" you moron. http://web.mit.edu/osp/www/IP_NDA%20Roundtable%20Handout_10_4_07.pdf "Definitions: IP is a category of intangible rights protecting the products of human intellect that is unique and/or non-obvious with some value in the marketplace, including ideas, inventions, literary creations, unique names, business models, industrial processes, computer program code, etc. patent, trademark, copyright, mask work, and trade secret are wellknown examples of Intellectual Property. Patent is a governmental grant of right, privilege and authority for any useful, novel, and nonobvious inventions. A patent gives the holder the exclusive right to exclude others from making, using, selling, offering to sell, and importing any patented invention. Note, however, that a patent does not provide the holder any affirmative right to practice a technology, since it may fall under a broader patent owned by others; instead, your patent only provides the right to exclude others from practicing it. Copyright is a property right in original works of authorship which have been fixed in any tangible medium of expression in the particular literary work, musical work, computer program, video or motion picture or sound recording, photograph, sculpture, etc. A copyright owner has the exclusive right to reproduce the work, prepare derivative works, distribute by sale or otherwise, and display or perform the work publicly. In contrast to a patent which protects the idea, copyright covers the artistic expression." Hth, uh retard dak. regards, alexander. P.S. "I'm insufficiently motivated to go set up a GNU/Linux system so that I can do the builds." Hyman Rosen <hyro...@mail.com> The Silliest GPL 'Advocate' P.P.S. "Of course correlation implies causation! Without this fundamental principle, no science would ever make any progress." Hyman Rosen <hyro...@mail.com> The Silliest GPL 'Advocate' -- 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