Hi, Am Montag, den 15.10.2007, 11:25 +1000 schrieb Ben Finney: > On 15-Oct-2007, Albert Dengg wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 12:15:48AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > > > If it's 100% yours, who could force you to fulfil the obligations? > > > > the license gives rights to your customer that can be fought for in > > court > > The license is not a contract. The recipient of the work has certain > freedoms, but has *no* power over the copyright holder.
This is interesting. Are you sure of that, I mean, do lawyers agree to this? > > The copyright holder gives a unilateral grant of license to the > recipient under certain conditions; if those conditions are not > fulfilled, the recipient loses their license and may be sued. The > copyright holder is *not* bound by any conditions of the license. > In summary: The copyright holder always has the rights granted under > copyright law. They can grant those rights to others under specific > terms, but the copyright holder is not themselves bound by those > terms. I really love the way law contradicts common thinking. ;) Best wishes Michael
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