Re: copyright question
Henning Makholm <henning@makholm.net> writes:
> Scripsit tb@becket.net (Thomas Bushnell, BSG)
> > Henning Makholm <henning@makholm.net> writes:
> > > Scripsit tb@becket.net (Thomas Bushnell, BSG)
>
> > > > Unfortunately, it lacks permission to distribute modified copies
>
> > > "... and to alter it and distribute it freely"?
>
> > While all logic and reason might say that is good enough,
>
> If the permissions to alter and to distribute were separate, it
> would have read
>
> ... and to alter it and _to_ distribute it freely.
>
> Since the two phrases share the "to", they describe sequential,
> not parallel actions.
What you point out is that the wording is ambiguous. I'm not trying
to be a nudge here; really, this is what UW played, and it totally
stung us for a long time.
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