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Restrictions like share alike and termination provision should also apply to the original copyright holder.
by anticensor 6y ago
Restrictions like share alike and termination provision should also apply to the original copyright holder.
- Kiro 6y agoWhy is that the lesson? Maybe I'm dumb but I don't understand how that would help anything.
- anticensor 6y agoThere are principles of arm's length and equal treatment among equals for contracts to be enforceable. Copyright licences are treated like contracts of adhesion in many jurisdictions (though not in USA). By-attribution share-alike , non-severability and non-revocation clauses in a share-alike licence attempt to make the parties equal, but it does not arrive quite in there, still leaving the copyright owner privileged a bit. IANAL, YMMV
- Kiro 6y agoI realize I don't know much about licensing because I didn't understand a word of that.
- mpol 6y agoThat is currently not the case, and I don't think it should be. If I write a piece of software and release it under the GPL, I can sell it as proprietary code as well, dual-licensed. I am in no way obligated to provide updates and changes under the GPL too.