Re: Are Microsoft’s patent lawyers really this dumb?

[David Kastrup]

Alexander Terekhov <terekhov@web.de> writes:

> "Alfred M. Szmidt" wrote:
>> 
>>    "Alfred M. Szmidt" <ams@gnu.org> writes:
>> 
>>    >    Not really.  You can use it to license commercial software, but
>>    >    since the demand is that it is "to be licensed as a whole at no
>>    >    charge", while you can charge for a copy of the _software_, the
>>    >    license itself is not a commercial item.
>>    >
>>    > Sure it is, you can charge several millions for a copy of the license.
>>    > All that is required is that you do not modify it.
>> 
>>    You can't charge anything for the license accompanying sublicensed
>>    GPLed software, obviously.  That's what the "no charge" is about.
>
> Sublicensed GPLed software? Dak, dak, dak, 
>
>                        "Sublicensing is not allowed"
>
> http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html

GVLv3:

    "Sublicensing is not allowed; section 10 makes it unnecessary."

[...]

10. Automatic Licensing of Downstream Recipients.

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  4. You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the Program
except as expressly provided under this License.  Any attempt
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