On 1/11/07, inforequest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Copyright is not ownership. One can "own" something yet not have the copyright(s). One can control the copyright(s) of something without owning it.
Correct. You can own a book but not own the copyright. You can manage (have permission to create licenses for ) a copyright but not own it. My main point was demonstrating that ownership and usage are two different things. But you can never, never, never grant permissions that you don't have. Cringely talked about this in reference to YouTube quite a while ago. People asked him to upload some NerdTV stuff but he pointed out their "transfer of copyright" clauses and noted that if a random person uploads his stuff, YouTube gains no rights... the random person doesn't have the ability to transfer them. If Cringely - who has those rights - uploads them, it *could* be a whole other story. But as noted... that's for the lawyers to figure out. And to get back on topic... all of my contracts grant the rights to customize and extend but not distribute the software. Of course, these rights don't become active until *after* payment has been successfully received, revokable only if they break the terms of the license. The "after payment" thing was added from learning the hard way... kc -- D. Keith Casey Jr. CEO, CaseySoftware, LLC http://CaseySoftware.com _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
