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"provisionally, unless and until the copyright holder explicitly and finally terminates your license" I think finally terminates == final termination == perman

"provisionally, unless and until the copyright holder explicitly and finally terminates your license" I think finally terminates == final termination == permanently terminated

Andrew_nenakhov 5y ago
I actually did dig this a bit, and found this interesting text [1]: If you have distributed only v3-licensed programs, you may be eligible under v3 § 8 for automatic reinstatement of rights. You are eligible for automatic reinstatement when: you correct the violation and are not contacted by a copyright holder about the violation within sixty days after the correction, or you receive, from a copyright holder, your first-ever contact regarding a GPL violation, and you correct that violation within thirty days of receipt of copyright holder’s notice. In addition to these permanent reinstatements provided under v3, violators who voluntarily correct their violation also receive provisional permission to continue distributing until they receive contact from the copyright holder. If sixty days pass without contact, that reinstatement becomes permanent. Nonetheless, you should be prepared to cease distribution during those initial sixty days should you receive a termination notice from the copyright holder. So it seems that copyright holders can specifically revoke the rights if they discover a violation. However, it is not yet a fact that the violation has indeed happened, just because someone discovered an instance of AGPL software on an internet server. Modern developers assume that 'make code available to users' equals 'publishing it on the internet'. But there is no such requirement: you may just as well provide the code by request using email, floppy disk or pigeon mail. So if somebody mails Trump Group a request to provide source code, they may very well bide their time to process mail in the orderly manner and send the copy of the code to the person who requested that code. [1]: https://softwarefreedom.org/resources/2008/compliance-guide.html https://softwarefreedom.org/resources/2008/compliance-guide....

"provisionally, unless and until the copyright holder explicitly and finally terminates your license" I think finally terminates == final termination == permanently terminated

Andrew_nenakhov 5y ago

I actually did dig this a bit, and found this interesting text [1]: If you have distributed only v3-licensed programs, you may be eligible under v3 § 8 for automatic reinstatement of rights. You are eligible for automatic reinstatement when: you correct the violation and are not contacted by a copyright holder about the violation within sixty days after the correction, or you receive, from a copyright holder, your first-ever contact regarding a GPL violation, and you correct that violation within thirty days of receipt of copyright holder’s notice. In addition to these permanent reinstatements provided under v3, violators who voluntarily correct their violation also receive provisional permission to continue distributing until they receive contact from the copyright holder. If sixty days pass without contact, that reinstatement becomes permanent. Nonetheless, you should be prepared to cease distribution during those initial sixty days should you receive a termination notice from the copyright holder. So it seems that copyright holders can specifically revoke the rights if they discover a violation. However, it is not yet a fact that the violation has indeed happened, just because someone discovered an instance of AGPL software on an internet server. Modern developers assume that 'make code available to users' equals 'publishing it on the internet'. But there is no such requirement: you may just as well provide the code by request using email, floppy disk or pigeon mail. So if somebody mails Trump Group a request to provide source code, they may very well bide their time to process mail in the orderly manner and send the copy of the code to the person who requested that code. [1]: https://softwarefreedom.org/resources/2008/compliance-guide.html https://softwarefreedom.org/resources/2008/compliance-guide....