Re: Effect of transfer of copyright on free software licenses?

[Hyman Rosen]

Rjack wrote:
> You're missing the point. The GPL's goal is to purportedly replicate
> licenses "downstream" to all third parties. It is not possible for the
> holder of a non-exclusive license (a non-owner) to grant a *new*
> license downstream.

<http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl.html>
    Each time you convey a covered work, the recipient
    automatically receives a license from the original
    licensors, to run, modify and propagate that work,
    subject to this License.

That's why we're discussing the effect of copyright transfer
to begin with.