On Fri, 2017-01-20 at 13:40 +0100, Massimo Zaniboni wrote: > 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
Okay, but if Carlos also distributes B, unchanged, then he's also a distributor of B, but not an author of it. If B is released (and Carlos distributes it) under, say, the Apache licence, then the Licensor is disclaiming warranties of title and non-infringement, among other things. But when Carlos distributes B, who is the Licensor, Carlos, or BB? Tim <>< _______________________________________________ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org https://lists.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss
