Convert GPL to MPL

John Cowan cowan at ccil.org
Fri Jan 18 21:38:17 UTC 2008


Philippe Verdy scripsit:

> You did! The derivative work B by definition contains elements of A owned by
> Alice. So Bob cannot be the full owner of B!

"To contain elements of A" is not the same as "to be A".  The author of
a derivative work male under license is the the copyright owner of that
work, and may (for example) sue for infringement without the involvement
of the owner of the original work.

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