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Re: Effect of transfer of copyright on free software licenses?
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Tim Smith |
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Re: Effect of transfer of copyright on free software licenses? |
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Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:26:58 -0700 |
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In article <slM8m.53004$9P.17158@newsfe08.iad>,
Hyman Rosen <hyrosen@mail.com> wrote:
>
> <http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=fedclaim&vol=1999/9747
> 6c>
> Thus, nonexclusive licenses are explicitly removed from the 204(a)
> writing requirement.
> ...
> Under federal law, nonexclusive copyright licenses can be granted orally
> or implied from conduct.
> ...
> The existence of either an exclusive or nonexclusive license creates an
> affirmative defense to a claim of copyright infringement.
205(e) is the problematical section, not 204(a).
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--Tim Smith
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