Some Legal Analysis of Combining propriety code GPL etc.

[James Miller <jamiller@cyberdude.com>]

As it happens I wrote a section on this topic in a recent paper.  Look 
in II.B.d (paginated at 24 in the pdf) discussing thecompulsory source 
distribution terms.

The paper is titled Open Source Software and Implications for 
International Copyright and Moral Rights in Software and can be found at 
http://www.nihonlinks.com/JamesMiller/OpenSourceMoralRights/CurrentDraft.pdf 
(TOC etc. at http://www.nihonlinks.com/JamesMiller/OpenSourceMoralRights/).

I consider consequnces of copyright in derivative works being held by 
the derivative author.  The separate copyright makes the contractural 
interpretation of the terms of the initial license either as something 
that revokes the license or or not, all the more important.  I think the 
ultimate interpretation will depend on the jurisdiction where an action 
is brought.