RE: [Regexp] Copyright assignment, gnu.regexp future plans

[jon]

RTFP ;)

Software usage is determined by the license distributed to you with the
software. So your right to use even an old version of software may be
limited by future events. Read The Fine Print.

I haven't seen a license that states "your rights expire if the copyright is
re-assigned." But, there are certainly cases where licenses are written to
expire based on any number of conditions such as date.

Later

> -----Original Message-----
> From: address@hidden
> [mailto:address@hidden Behalf Of Chad Loder
> Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 12:49 PM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [Regexp] Copyright assignment, gnu.regexp future plans
>
>
> It's not clear to me that you can change the copyright
> retroactively on existing versions already in use
> under the original copyright terms.
>
> In other words, you can't offer something with one
> copyright, have people start using it according to
> that copyright, and then change it on them after the
> fact.  So any copyright changes would solely be going
> forward.
>
> I know it sounds obvious, but I would like some
> clarification on this point.
>
> Thanks,
>       Chad Loder
>
>
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