Please end this thread, it's getting nuts. Ask the FSF if you're still unclear.
Thanks, Paul On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 11:41 AM, Paul Tagliamonte <paul...@debian.org> wrote: > On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 05:11:12PM +0200, Ole Streicher wrote: >> Again: please provide a reference for this. The copyright holder has >> surely the initial right to license his work, but I don't see a reason >> why he can't transfer this. > > Via copyright asignment, not licensing, unless the license includes a > copyright asignment to an entity. > >> It is also wrong for the "changed" case that we have: If only the >> copyright holder (Mark Calabretta) had the right to change the license, >> then the files in question could not have been modified and distributed >> under the GPL-3+ license by the upstream author (Emmanuel Bertin) -- > > They *can* since the work as modified *can* be distributed under the > terms of the GPLv3+, *without* changing the original work's license, but > the *file* can be distributed as GPLv3+, since that's the minimum > license needed to comply with all parts. > >> since even the modified files are still copyrighted by Mark, so the >> Emmanuel alone could not change their license. This is, however, against >> the idea of the "+" in the GPL versions. > > No, it's really not. > >> Therefore, please show a proof that only the copyright holder can change >> the license. > > Wat? Copyright statute? What jurisdiction? If you want to fight this, I > suggest you get a lawyer, I don't know any jurisdiction where I can take > a work of yours and now claim I have the rights to it under a different > license. > > > The proof is on you -- where does it say you can relicense someone > else's copyrighted work / IP? Not *redistribute*, *relicense*. > > > Cheers, > Paul > > -- > .''`. Paul Tagliamonte <paul...@debian.org> | Proud Debian Developer > : :' : 4096R / 8F04 9AD8 2C92 066C 7352 D28A 7B58 5B30 807C 2A87 > `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~paultag > `- http://people.debian.org/~paultag/conduct-statement.txt -- :wq -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/cao6p2qqdbfbxp-w4amfwn0q0n_reh4zs+aqwygggevfzfs+...@mail.gmail.com
