David Kastrup wrote: [...] > > (Intellectual Property Licensing: Forms and Analysis) > > > > "Absent an explicit grant of sublicensing rights, no right to sublicense > > is generally presumed.5 ... 5 Raufast SA v. Kniers Pizzazz, Ltd., 208 > > USPQ (BNA) 699 (EDNY 1980). " > > What about "Absent an explicit grant of sublicensing rights" do you not > understand? > > Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms is NOT a grant of sublicensing rights, you silly dak. http://www.eapdlaw.com/files/News/da4720f3-0eec-44ef-b1a6-009cca16da2e/Presentation/NewsAttachment/f773bbc6-a0e6-488c-bd1b-00e9517a6f8e/sublicense.pdf "A sublicense is a grant by the original licensee to a third party (the sublicensee) under the patent or other technology rights granted to the original licensee by the licensor. There are key issues to consider, such as whether a licensee will have the right to sublicense with or without the licensors consent, how sublicense income will be shared, and whether any sublicense will survive a termination of the license agreement. Consent. Licensees who are granted non-exclusive licenses generally do not receive the right to grant sublicenses, in part because the potential sublicensee can obtain a direct license from the licensor. In fact, it is generally held that a non-exclusive patent licensee cannot grant sublicenses unless it is expressly granted such right. However, exclusive licenses commonly include a right to sublicense, at least with the consent of the licensor. " regards, alexander. P.S. "I'm insufficiently motivated to go set up a GNU/Linux system so that I can do the builds." Hyman Rosen <hyro...@mail.com> The Silliest GPL 'Advocate' P.P.S. "Of course correlation implies causation! Without this fundamental principle, no science would ever make any progress." Hyman Rosen <hyro...@mail.com> The Silliest GPL 'Advocate' -- http://gng.z505.com/index.htm (GNG is a derecursive recursive derecursion which pwns GNU since it can be infinitely looped as GNGNGNGNG...NGNGNG... and can be said backwards too, whereas GNU cannot.) _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
