ttw+drupal@... skrev:
> On 07.09-15:34, Earnie Boyd wrote:
> [ ... ]
>
>> The copyright is owned by the producer of the code and the license
>> allows the copyright holder to give you the right to use it. [ ... ]
>>
>
> giving someone freedoms to use your code does not allow you to
> dictate basic freedoms to them .. i.e. you cannot restrict the basic
> rights given to them in copyright law just because you are giving
> them more access than copyright law dictates.
>
It seems to me that you don't know what you are talking about. Or worse,
that you are trying to spread FUD.
In any case, let me quote from the 13 pages short publication "The Open
Source Legal Landscape" by the Australian lawyer Brendan Scott:
1.3 Copyright operates by prohibiting numerous categories of action
in respect of a copyright work. [...] In the absence of a permission
from the copyright holder, there is an absolute prohibition on
exercising any of the rights comprised in copyright in respect of
that work.
2.3 [...] Open source licences effectively exempt the permitted
activities from copyright infringement, subject to compliance with
certain conditions (which are different depending upon the licence).
A failure to comply with the conditions in the licence will mean
that the activities are no longer exempted from infringement of
copyright. If the activity in question results in an infringement of
copyright, then the copyright owner will have an action against the
person engaging in the activity.
You can download the full paper here:
http://opensourcelaw.biz/publications/papers/BScott_OSS_Legal_Landscape_060328.pdfThomas
