RE: [Nolug] RMS vs Cisco (Round 1 *ding*ding*)

From: John Souvestre <johns_at_sstar.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 16:56:50 -0600
Message-ID: <00cf01c95e3f$3ff7e110$0a01010a@JohnS>

Hi Jeremy.

> In the context of this discussion, for the purpose of brevity, it is
> assumed that when someone is writing a patch, they have been given
> permission to do so. We are not making the assumption that all
> software authors given permission to patch. Perhaps that clarifies it.

No, it doesn't. Most copyrights I have seen do not totally give up this right.
You can't say this and continue to talk about the GPL license, for example.

> > 1) Have you ever seen a copyright/license/EULA for a patch?
>
> Yes, I see them constantly.

And do any say that the patch is owned by someone different than the owner of
the program being patched?

> > 2) What makes one EULA "commercial" and another not?
>
> What makes it "commercial" or not is irrelevant.

Your terminology. My point was that is no such thing as a "commercial" subset
of EULAs.

Regards,

John

   John Souvestre - Integrated Data Systems - (504) 355-0609

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