On Mon, Aug 30, 2004 at 07:42:41PM -0400, Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote: > > The original licensor (copyright holder) can govern the distribution terms > > of derived works. This is a right granted by copyright law. > > No, he can't. He can *restrict* the distribution terms of derived > works, but he doesn't have full rights to them. The person who > prepared the derived work also has copyright on it. > > He certainly can't unilaterally grant a license to work to which he > doesn't own exclusive rights.
No, but he can prevent the author of the derivative work from distributing it under terms that he finds unacceptable. --Adam -- Adam McKenna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
