Sam, On 13/11/09 10:02, Sam Liddicott wrote: > The trouble is that these terms are non-recursive; if I receive JpGraph > via the QPL [http://qt.nokia.com/doc/4.0/qpl.html] from someone other > than Mr JpGraph, then I receive the rights that the QPL grants, which > the conveyor was granted by not using it commercially. > > Having received those rights, I can now use the software commercially, > without paying for a commercial license (and perhaps may not even > realise this expectation!). >
I wouldn't be so sure of your ground. I'm not sure why the person giving you a copy of the software would be your licensor, unless they have some kind of sub-license which allows them to do that. The license has to come from a rights holder after all, otherwise it is worthless (giving someone rights for use/distribution/etc. doesn't give that licensee an automatic ability to pass those rights on). I don't see anywhere in those licenses where the copyright holder is giving you permission for commercial use: the license texts themselves don't give you that. Cheers Alex. _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
