Convert GPL to MPL

Philippe Verdy verdy_p at wanadoo.fr
Fri Jan 18 21:29:23 UTC 2008



> De : John Cowan [mailto:cowan at ccil.org]
> Philippe Verdy scripsit:
> 
> > > If Alice issues a work A and licenses Bob to make a derivative work
> > > B, then Bob is the owner of B and (...)
> >
> > Licencing a software A to Bob does not give to Bob ownership on A.
> 
> I did not say it gave Bob ownership of A, and in the next sentence
> (which you have snipped), I denied that Bob had ownership of A.

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






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