3 ms·
What they claim their intentions were is unimportant. They were granting themselves irrevokable rights to do things people didn't ever want them to be able to
by comice 14y ago
What they claim their intentions were is unimportant.
They were granting themselves irrevokable rights to do things people didn't ever want them to be able to do.
- jaggederest 14y agoA possible negative scenario: They grant themselves these rights and then get spun off / acquired by someone with malicious intent. The rights never expire... Can you guarantee that your company will respect the rights of users a decade from now? A century?
- shabble 14y agoAlso, you now can't ever sell exclusive rights[1], because there's a perpetual sub-licence capable party floating about out there. [1] IANAL, but I think that's how it would work; for any licenceable aspect which you wish to grant exclusively, they can grant the same to one or more others, making it non-exclusive.