On Thu, May 08, 2003 at 07:34:26PM +0100, Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS wrote: > Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>: > > > "Substantial modifications are permitted, and may be distributed, at > > which point the modifier must either pay to ABC Software Inc the sum > > of USD 1,000 for each occurrence of distribution by the modifier, or > > grant to ABC Software Inc a permanent, non-exclusive, paid-up, > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > royalty-free, irrevocable license to incorporate the modified work or > > any portion thereof into its own proprietary software." > > > > I feel sure that such a clause would immediately start alarm bells > > ringing in almost any Debian developer's head; why they do not so when > > other licenses confiscate things of value from modifers of "free" > > software is a mystery to me. > > It's a non-exclusive licence, so nothing is being confiscated. > Obviously the modifier is losing the possibility of granting someone > else an exclusive licence, but that's the case with the GPL, too. You're overlooking my point. The point is not that the license is non-exclusive. The point is that it is granted at all. That's a "consideration". Who else is guaranteed by the license to receive such consideration? -- G. Branden Robinson | "To be is to do" -- Plato Debian GNU/Linux | "To do is to be" -- Aristotle branden@debian.org | "Do be do be do" -- Sinatra http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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