Sublicensing

Daniel Vainsencher danielv at netvision.net.il
Fri Aug 15 11:26:25 UTC 2003


IANAL, but - when the copyright owner gives you the right to sublicense
something, that means that you can publish it with an alternate license,
replacing the existing license. He may impose limitations on this new
license, as SqueakL does (the "no less protective" language).

Daniel

Joshua 'Schwa' Gargus <schwa at cc.gatech.edu> wrote:
> In general, I feel I have a decent understanding of licensing issues, but
> one thing I do not grok at all is sublicensing.  Perhaps a simple example
> could help me understand.  
> 
> If Squeak were sublicensed under a different license, would the Apple
> license still appear, in addition to the sublicensed license?  Or
> would the Apple license be replaced?  What would a future user of Squeak
> (after the sublicensing takes place) see when they start poking around
> for the license?
> 
> Thanks,
> Joshua



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