On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Raj Mathur <r...@linux-delhi.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Gora Mohanty <g...@sarai.net> wrote: > > Copyright is entirely distinct from licensing. If I write a piece > > of code, or acquire copyright over it by some other means, I can > > choose to license it to whomever, under whatever conditions I deem > > fit. > > > > Legal eagles can chip in, but roughly speaking, copyright has to do > > with ownership, while a licence has to do with what terms and > > conditions that you allow other people to use things under. > > Not a legal (or any other specie, genus or phylum) of eagle, but > technically you may own copyright to a work without having the rights > to license it. For instance, when you write a book, the copyright > vests with you but the licence to redistribute is with the publisher. > No , this do not happen, You write a book, most publisher just print your name as author but copyright and license to distribute is with publisher. this is must like a IT company where coder (labor) write code and it goes into company account. > I'm also not too clear on how that works, but practically that's what > you end up with: copyright with one person, licensing rights with > another. > > Regards, > > -- Raju > > _______________________________________________ > Ilugd mailing list > Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > -- ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya ( नरेन्द्र सिसोदिया ) │ Society for Knowledge Commons │ Web : http://narendra.techfandu.org └─────────────────────────┘ _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
