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Message-ID: <7b69d1470706152244g8b23932i1f04e369f226fd0d@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:44:09 -0500
From: "Scott Preece" <sepreece@...il.com>
To: "Alexandre Oliva" <aoliva@...hat.com>
Cc: "Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...e.hu>,
"Daniel Hazelton" <dhazelton@...er.net>,
"Michael Gerdau" <mgd@...hnosis.de>,
"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
"Lennart Sorensen" <lsorense@...lub.uwaterloo.ca>,
"Greg KH" <greg@...ah.com>,
"debian developer" <debiandev@...il.com>,
"david@...g.hm" <david@...g.hm>,
"Tarkan Erimer" <tarkan@...one.net.tr>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3
On 6/15/07, Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@...hat.com> wrote:
> On Jun 15, 2007, "Scott Preece" <sepreece@...il.com> wrote:
>
> > On 6/15/07, Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@...hat.com> wrote:
> >> > * Daniel Hazelton <dhazelton@...er.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> That's correct, but with a catch: since the contract or license is
> >> chosen by the licensor, in case of ambiguity in the terms, many courts
> >> will interpret it in a way that privileges the licensee, regardless of
> >> the fact that copyright licenses are to be interpreted restrictively
> >> (at least in Brazilian law). And IANAL ;-)
> > ---
>
> > Hmm. In such a suit, however, the user would not be "the licensee" and
> > would not be a party to the suit - some author would be the plaintiff
> > and would be suing someone for doing something in violation of the
> > license that author granted - that is, the *defendant* would be the
> > licensee who would get the benefit of the doubt...
>
> Yes. And so justice is made. Licensor gets to pick the license,
> licensee gets the benefit of the doubt. What's the 'however' about?
> Was this not obvious?
---
Sorry - I thought you were saying ambiguity would be resolved in favor
of the user. If you meant in favor of the licensee (regardless of that
limiting the user's rights), then I agree.
scott
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