2009/7/3 Ed Avis <e...@waniasset.com>: > > My point is that granting powers to relicense the data is basically equivalent > to copyright assignment (plus certain conditions, as happens when you assign > copyright to the FSF, they promise to keep to a free licence in the future), > but > it is better to call a spade a spade.
Technically (at least in English law), no. Its a sublicence rather than an assignmentt. They are distinct. Many jurisdictions impose formality conditions on assignments of copyright that they do not on licences. In a licensing situation the licensor retains their ownership of the copyright, contrast the assignment situation. -- Francis Davey _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
