Re: EASTERBROOK's "quick look" on the GPL and Wallace's claim

[Richard Tobin]

In article <455865E3.CE799D5E@web.de>,
Alexander Terekhov  <terekhov@web.de> wrote:

>Without acceptance, an act of creating a derivative work (forget 
>17 USC 117 adaptations for a moment) is a copyright violation, 
>distribution or no distribution.

>An author of a derivative work who accepts the GPL has copyright in a
>derivative work but is required to surrender a right to charge more 
>than zero for derivative work.

So without accepting the GPL, you have no right to create a derivative
work, but you have the right to licence, for a charge, the work you
can't create?  Just how would you go about exercising this mythical
right?

-- Richard
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