Chip Salzenberg wrote: > But I would consider it obvious that, once I have been granted me a > license to copy, neither the original copyright holder nor his assigns > have the authority to stop me. In other words, the license adheres to > the code, not the author. Not obvious, probably not true. Licenses are personal, in general, and a license that isn't a contract (a bare permission) can be freely revoked by the licensor, as in an invitation to enter onto land: if the landowner changes his mind, the licensee instantly becomes a trespasser. -- Schlingt dreifach einen Kreis um dies! || John Cowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Schliesst euer Aug vor heiliger Schau, || http://www.reutershealth.com Denn er genoss vom Honig-Tau, || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan Und trank die Milch vom Paradies. -- Coleridge (tr. Politzer)
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