[License-review] Sublicensing

[Lawrence Rosen]

Pamela Chestek wrote:

> My recollection is, too, that until the GPL came along, the common
perception was that the correct vehicle for serial downstream distribution
was through sublicensing, which is why the earlier licenses specifically
allowed for it--but I'm sure you have more historical knowledge of that than
me.

 

Actually, software distribution in those days was by creating a duplicate of
a card deck and handing it to your fellow students. IBM owned the keypunch
equipment and nobody copyrighted software. 

 

Then the cost of distribution plummeted and lawyers started writing software
licenses.

 

But I date myself....

 

/Larry

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