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No. A license to copyrighted code does not confer the same privileges as holding copyright to that code. Public domain is closer to “equally entitled”.
by trevyn 3y ago
No. A license to copyrighted code does not confer the same privileges as holding copyright to that code.
Public domain is closer to “equally entitled”.
- drewdevault 3y agoAn open source license, by definition, entitles the recipient to commercial use. https://xkcd.com/1731/ https://xkcd.com/1731/
- trevyn 3y agoBut not any commercial use, only that which is covered by the license. Whereas the copyright holder has broader rights. So a licensed user is not “equally entitled”.