On 20/01/2017 00:20, Tim Makarios wrote:
> Or is there some legal theory by
> which the copyright holders are considered to be the licensors, but the
> distributor is considered to be the one to whom the waiver of warranty
> applies?
From what I understood, the situation seems this:
* suppose A is product released under BSD or ISC license
* AA is the copyright holder of A
* B is a product with a different (maybe commercial) license, and B is
using A source code
* if B product "cite/credit" A, then according A license, B can use A
source code
* BB is the copyright holder/author of B, so he can apply the license
terms he prefers, according Berne Convention
* BB is the distributor of B, but he is not the distributor of A
Obviously these passages are only needed if BB wants to release A under
a different license. Otherwise he can simply add himself to the list of
A contributors/copyright holders.
In other words: do you want release A under a different license? Then
create a new product you own, and use A source code in it.
Regards,
Massimo
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