Re: Ocean and the search for a Music Framework

[Jeff Teunissen]

Marco Scheurer wrote:

> On Mar 2, 2004, at 4:39 AM, Jeff Teunissen wrote:

[snip]

> > That is not at issue. What *is* at issue is whether or not the
> > developers of the MusicKit have permission from the copyright holders
> > (namely NeXT/Apple) to relicense said code under any license at all.
> 
> I think I addressed this, and that it is clear enough: you have
> permission if you obey to the MusicKit license. I don't understand how
> the fact that some files are copyrighted by X rather than Y changes
> anything.

If the MusicKit developers have no explicit permission to place the NeXT and
Apple portions of the work under the MusicKit license, then the license on
the work as a whole is invalid.

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