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Re: Compliance detection tool


From: Hyman Rosen
Subject: Re: Compliance detection tool
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:31:18 -0400
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On 4/20/2010 3:03 PM, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
Hyman Rosen wrote:
Open licenses authorize actions otherwise prohibited by copyright
law provided that persons using this authorization comply with
provisions specified by the license. The licenses are open in the

Do you really think that proprietary licenses authorize actions
prohibited by copyright law provided that persons using this
authorization NOT comply with provisions specified by the license

The licenses are open in the
sense that they are generally offered to anyone who has a copy of
the covered work, they require no communication from the person
using the authorization to the rights holder, and they allow for
further recipients to avail themselves of the same permissions.

They differ in obvious ways from normal copyright licenses which
are two-party agreements where the rights holder authorizes copying
and distribution in exchange for some consideration and both parties
sign off on the deal.


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