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

[Alexander Terekhov]

Hyman Rosen wrote:
[...]
> <http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/usc_sec_17_00000205----000-.html>
>      (e) Priority Between Conflicting Transfer of Ownership
>          and Nonexclusive License.
> refers to a case where the transfer and the license happen at roughly
> the same time, and priority must be given to one. That means it doesn't
> apply to licenses granted clearly before the copyright transfer, and so
> your worry was groundless.

Man oh man, "roughly the same time" and not "clearly before". LOL.

Hey Hyman, why did Eben Moglen want to (ab)use 205(e) in Cyber Patrol
incident, then?

http://en.allexperts.com/e/p/pu/public_domain.htm
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2000/03/35258?currentPage=2

regards,
alexander.

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