From 012aebd493c9f90d226bbe7ea9c5ca6aaa57e0e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Bradley M. Kuhn" Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 18:16:02 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Move details of exclusive power to a footnote. enyst was quite correct that more explanation was needed here about how an entity achieves exclusive relicensing rights. However, the details are somewhat off-point to what the section is trying to explain, so the details are best placed in a footnote. I've also separated out copyright assignment from generating all of one's own copyrights. This may be a distinction without a difference, but a laundry list seemed appropriate here. Perhaps this should be shortened in future. --- gpl-lgpl.tex | 14 +++++++++----- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/gpl-lgpl.tex b/gpl-lgpl.tex index 01a6351..491674d 100644 --- a/gpl-lgpl.tex +++ b/gpl-lgpl.tex @@ -4322,11 +4322,15 @@ versions, and those forks that exist remain freely available. A final common business model that is perhaps the most controversial is proprietary relicensing of a GPL'd code base. This is only an option for -software in which a particular entity is the sole copyright holder or has -unconditional relicensing permissions. As discussed earlier in this tutorial, -a copyright holder is permitted under copyright law to license a software -system under her copyright as many different ways as she likes to as many -different parties as she wishes. +software in which a particular entity holds exclusive rights to +relicense\footnote{Entities typically hold exclusive relicensing rights + either by writing all the software under their own copyrights, collecting + copyright assignments from all contributors, or by otherwise demanding + unconditional relicensing permissions from all contributors via some legal + agreement}. As discussed earlier in this tutorial, a copyright holder is +permitted under copyright law to license a software system under her +copyright as many different ways as she likes to as many different parties as +she wishes. Some companies use this to their financial advantage with regard to a GPL'd code base. The standard