Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 11 Apr 2005 10:44:14 -0300 | From | Humberto Massa <> | Subject | Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice. |
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Michael Poole wrote:
>Copyright law only _explicitly_ grants a monopoly on preparation of >derivative works. However, it is trivial, and overwhelmingly common, >for a copyright owner to grant a license to create a derivative work >that is conditional on how the licensee agrees to distribute (or not >distribute) the derivative work. > >Michael Poole > > Conceded. Altough .br's "computer programs" law explicitly says that you can reserve, in a license to create derivative works, all the rights over the derivative works.
Massa
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