Automatic GPL termination

Stephane Dalmas stephane.dalmas at sophia.inria.fr
Thu Sep 13 15:29:42 UTC 2007


>> So when you consider all this, the exclusive rights of authors are very large (note
>> that in France, some rights are not even transferable...
>>     
>
> Ha. Re "transferable." CeCILL's grants (of economic rights) are "transferable."
>
> "The purpose of the Agreement is the grant by the Licensor to the
> Licensee of a non-exclusive, transferable and worldwide license"
>
> And even aside clear language granting sublicensing right to distributors
>   
Not at all in my opinion. "transferable" here is a translation of the 
French word "cessible" and it applies to the contract itself. When you 
"transfer" the license you don't have it anymore. This is (probably) 
very different from what you mean by "sublicensing".

    Stéphane.

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