Re: Redistribution with multiple licenses

2007-04-15 Thread Ben Finney
Suraj, please don't send me copies of messages to the mailing list; http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct>. "Suraj N. Kurapati" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ben Finney wrote: > > The set of permissions you receive is the *intersection* of the > > permissions granted by all licenses t

Re: Redistribution with multiple licenses

2007-04-15 Thread Arnoud Engelfriet
Suraj N. Kurapati wrote: > Ben Finney wrote: > > The set of permissions you receive is the *intersection* of the > > permissions granted by all licenses to the work (as modified by > > rights you have regardless of license under copyright law). You > > may only exercise those permissions that rema

Re: Redistribution with multiple licenses

2007-04-15 Thread Suraj N. Kurapati
Ben Finney wrote: > The set of permissions you receive is the *intersection* of the > permissions granted by all licenses to the work (as modified by > rights you have regardless of license under copyright law). You > may only exercise those permissions that remain. > > The set of restrictions yo

Re: Redistribution with multiple licenses

2007-04-14 Thread Ben Finney
"Suraj N. Kurapati" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 3. When you modify a contained item, your modifications become > licensed under the contained item's license. > > For example, when I modify mit.c, my modifications become pulled > under the MIT license. Since the MIT license allows me to add more

Re: Redistribution with multiple licenses

2007-04-14 Thread Arnoud Engelfriet
Suraj N. Kurapati wrote: > 3. When you modify a contained item, your modifications become > licensed under the contained item's license. Your first two points are correct, but this one is not. You have *no right* to modify someone else's item except if the license on that item permits it. And then

Re: Redistribution with multiple licenses

2007-04-14 Thread Suraj N. Kurapati
Joe Smith wrote: > "Suraj N. Kurapati" wrote: >> So when I appended bsd.c to mit.c, did the entire mit.c become >> licensed under both licenses? That is, did the originally-MIT >> portions of mit.c inherit the extra condition from the BSD >> license? > > That is an easy way to view it. Technica