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Re: SGI releases IA64 C C++ and F90 compiler under GPL
- To: Mike Stump <mrs at windriver dot com>
- Subject: Re: SGI releases IA64 C C++ and F90 compiler under GPL
- From: David Edelsohn <dje at watson dot ibm dot com>
- Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 17:53:59 -0400
- cc: bkorb at sco dot COM, espie at quatramaran dot ens dot fr, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, toon at moene dot indiv dot nluug dot nl
>>>>> Mike Stump writes:
Mike> (d) FSF agrees to grant back to Developer, and does hereby grant,
Mike> non-exclusive, royalty-free and non-cancellable rights to use the
Mike> Works (i.e., Developer's changes and/or enhancements, not the Program
Mike> that they enhance), as Developer sees fit; this grant back does not
Mike> limit FSF's rights and public rights acquired through this agreement.
I think the crux of this question is the legal definition of
"use". The Developer may use the Works. Does that include re-distribute
and license to third parties? Rights to use the Works is different than
title to the Works.
Also, it is unclear whether the non-exclusive ownership of the
code that you sell in your example results in joint ownership. Are you
diluting your original ownership?
This discussion now is about words for which we do not understand
the legal definition -- this is a legal contract, not common American
English language and usage. Arguing about legal issues without defining
and understanding the terminology is useless.
David