Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

From: Humberto Massa (humberto.massa_at_almg.gov.br)
Date: 04/11/05

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    David Schwartz wrote:

    > > On Sat, Apr 09, 2005 at 08:07:03PM -0700, David Schwartz wrote:
    >
    >
    > >> The way you stop someone from distributing part of your work is
    > >> by arguing that the work they are distributing is a derivative
    > >> work of your work and they had no right to *make* it in the first
    > >> place. See, for example, Mulcahy v. Cheetah Learning.
    >
    >
    > > Er, that's one way, but not *the* way. I could grant you
    > > permission to create derivatives of my work, but not to
    > > redistribute them. To stop you from distributing them, I'd argue
    > > that you had no right to distribute them--you *did* have the right
    > > to make it in the first place.
    >
    >
    > You could do that be means of a contract, but I don't think you could
    > it do by means of a copyright license. The problem is that there is
    > no right to control the distribution of derivative works for you to
    > withhold from me.
    Wrong, sorry. Copyright is a *monopoly* on some activities (copy,
    distribution of copies, making *and* distribution of derivative works).

    HTH,
    Massa

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