[CNI-(C)] Re: Open Source Licensing

Wed Aug 27 18:47:29 UTC 2003

Lawrence E. Rosen said on Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 11:31:32AM -0700,:
 > > I can see how you meant "perpetual" to be....

Dunno if this is relevant to  the decision, but I beleive that in some
countries,  unless the  contract  specifically states  a time  period,
certain modes of transfer of copyright are deemed by law to be limited
to a certain period.

In India atleast, an _assignment_ is deemed to be for a period of five
years, unless the parties specifiy a period. I think that specifying
the duration of the license is a good idea.

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