Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 10 Dec 2003 08:06:18 -0800 | From | Larry McVoy <> | Subject | Re: Linux GPL and binary module exception clause? |
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On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 03:59:15PM +0000, David Woodhouse wrote: > On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 07:11 -0800, Larry McVoy wrote: > > You may license *your* work under whatever terms you want. Those terms > > can't extend to things that aren't your work in a copyright license. > > Please elaborate. We're talking about a situation in which I grant a > licence for you to copy and use my work, in exchange for something I > desire from you. In the absence of a contract, this is limited to me > effectively saying "You may copy and use my work if and only if you do > XXX". > > If you do not do 'XXX' then you may not use my work. > > Are you saying that there are things which I may not ask for? Could you > elaborate?
I think at this point you need to talk to a lawyer. I can guess where this conversation is going and I'm not going to be effective.
> I need a contract to force you to do anything; this is true. > > Without a contract, all I can do if you don't abide by my conditions is > observe that you don't have my permission to copy my work, and hence > that if you do so you are committing a criminal offence.
Huh? I don't think that copyright violation makes you a felon. -- --- Larry McVoy lm at bitmover.com http://www.bitmover.com/lm - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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